{"id":4330,"date":"2024-03-14T01:20:41","date_gmt":"2024-03-14T01:20:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/how-to-set-the-query-timeout-in-impala\/"},"modified":"2025-07-31T06:14:51","modified_gmt":"2025-07-31T06:14:51","slug":"how-to-set-the-query-timeout-in-impala","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/how-to-set-the-query-timeout-in-impala\/","title":{"rendered":"Impala Query Timeout Setting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In Impala, you can control the execution time of a query by setting a timeout for the query. You can use the SET statement to specify the timeout for a query as follows:<\/p>\n<pre class=\"post-pre\"><code><span class=\"hljs-keyword\">SET<\/span> QUERY_TIMEOUT_S<span class=\"hljs-operator\">=<\/span><span class=\"hljs-number\">60<\/span>;\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>The statement above sets the timeout for the query to 60 seconds. 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