# How to set "timeout" value of cursor in elasticsearch SQL syntax **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Tags:** elastic-stack-sql\ **Created:** [May 24, 2019, 2:47am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-set-timeout-value-of-cursor-in-elasticsearch-sql-syntax/182542 "2019-05-24T02:47:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![lunatic](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/lunatic/32/55516_2.png) [@lunatic](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/lunatic)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2019, 2:47am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-set-timeout-value-of-cursor-in-elasticsearch-sql-syntax/182542/1 "2019-05-24T02:47:40Z")
I had a query return large results with SQL syntax, and I use the 'cursor' to fetch results. But I found there is no way to set 'timeout' value therefore my cursor would be expired after some default value. So how can I set the time of cursor expiration？ ---
**Author:** ![matriv](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/matriv/32/43656_2.png) [@matriv](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/matriv)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2019, 1:15pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-set-timeout-value-of-cursor-in-elasticsearch-sql-syntax/182542/2 "2019-05-31T13:15:40Z")
You can use the `page_timeout` parameter: [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/sql-rest.html#sql-rest-fields](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/sql-rest.html#sql-rest-fields) ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2019, 1:15pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-set-timeout-value-of-cursor-in-elasticsearch-sql-syntax/182542/3 "2019-06-28T13:15:41Z")
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