#!/usr/bin/env ruby # vim: set nosta noet ts=4 sw=4: # encoding: utf-8 require 'pg' # This is a minimal example of a function that can test an existing PG::Connection and # reset it if necessary. def check_connection( conn ) begin conn.exec( "SELECT 1" ) rescue PG::Error => err $stderr.puts "%p while testing connection: %s" % [ err.class, err.message ] conn.reset end end conn = PG.connect( dbname: 'test' ) check_connection( conn )