query_mem_timeout option

Sets the maximum time, in milliseconds, that a request waits for a memory grant.

Allowed values

-1, 0, positive integer

Default

-1

Scope

	PUBLIC role	For current user	For other users
Allowed to set permanently?	Yes, with SET ANY PUBLIC OPTION	Yes	Yes, with SET ANY PUBLIC OPTION
Allowed to set temporarily?	Yes, with SET ANY PUBLIC OPTION	Yes (current connection only)	No

Remarks

When this option is set to -1 (the default) or any value less than 0, the request waits for a memory grant for up to 50 times the estimated execution time for the request. If this option is set to 0, the request waits forever for memory to be granted. Otherwise, the value is the maximum time, in milliseconds, that a request waits for a memory grant.