Re: BUG #5837: PQstatus() fails to report lost connection - Mailing list pgsql-bugs

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: BUG #5837: PQstatus() fails to report lost connection
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Msg-id 6493.1295882981@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: BUG #5837: PQstatus() fails to report lost connection  ("Murray S. Kucherawy" <msk@cloudmark.com>)
Responses Re: BUG #5837: PQstatus() fails to report lost connection  ("Murray S. Kucherawy" <msk@cloudmark.com>)
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"Murray S. Kucherawy" <msk@cloudmark.com> writes:
> Given what you say here, this seems to be an exception for which there
> is currently no detection mechanism short of looking for that one
> specific error string indicating it was administrative action causing
> the error.

This is complete nonsense.  If you followed the documented method for
using PQgetResult -- ie, keep calling it till it returns NULL, rather
than assuming there will be a specific number of results --- then
PQstatus would show you the bad status afterwards.

            regards, tom lane

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