Hi, Peter!

According to Georg, MariaDB Connector/C default is 0, which is
interpreted as "undefined".

On Oct 28, Peter Laursen wrote:
> MySQL docs page http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.7/en/mysql-options.html
>
> *MYSQL_OPT_CONNECT_TIMEOUT (argument type: unsigned int *)*
> *The connect timeout in seconds.*
>
> However I don't find it documented anywhere what the default
> (client-initiated) connect_timeout will become if not specified in
> mysql_options(). Or will the client never initiate a timeout in connection
> phase in such case?
>
> We are usng MariaDB C-conn 2.31 so the question here on this list is
> specifically for MariaDB connector.  I didn't find it documented here
> either. But both MySql and MariaDB have probably inherited this from the
> old LGPL 3.x connector so this are probably the same in both.
>
> Asked a docs request here as well: http://bugs.mysql.com/bug.php?id=83600

Regards,
Sergei
Chief Architect MariaDB
and security@mariadb.org