--- ECHO_content/ECHO_helpers.py	2004/06/25 11:02:16	1.14
+++ ECHO_content/ECHO_helpers.py	2004/08/19 20:28:18	1.17
@@ -1,3 +1,19 @@
+import socket
+import urllib
+	
+def urlopen(url):
+	"""urlopen mit timeout"""
+	socket.setdefaulttimeout(2)
+	return urllib.urlopen(url)
+#	urlopener = urllib.URLopener()
+#
+#	try:		
+#		con = urlopener.open(url)
+#		return con
+#	except timeoutsocket.Timeout:
+#		return None
+
+
 displayTypes = ['ZSQLExtendFolder','ZSQLBibliography','ECHO_group','ECHO_collection','ECHO_resource','ECHO_link','ECHO_sqlElement','ECHO_pageTemplate','ImageCollectionIFrame','VLP_resource','VLP_collection','VLP_essay','ECHO_ZCatalogElement']