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1 files changed, 18 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/src/interfaces/libpq/fe-exec.c b/src/interfaces/libpq/fe-exec.c
index b81ae8535b1..a1586bb64c3 100644
--- a/src/interfaces/libpq/fe-exec.c
+++ b/src/interfaces/libpq/fe-exec.c
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
*
*
* IDENTIFICATION
- * $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/interfaces/libpq/fe-exec.c,v 1.15 1996/08/13 01:34:27 scrappy Exp $
+ * $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/interfaces/libpq/fe-exec.c,v 1.16 1996/08/14 04:56:55 scrappy Exp $
*
*-------------------------------------------------------------------------
*/
@@ -387,17 +387,26 @@ PQexec(PGconn* conn, const char* query)
/* check to see if the query string is too long */
if (strlen(query) > MAX_MESSAGE_LEN) {
- sprintf(conn->errorMessage, "PQexec() -- query is too long. Maximum length is %d\n", MAX_MESSAGE_LEN -2 );
+ sprintf(conn->errorMessage, "PQexec() -- query is too long. "
+ "Maximum length is %d\n", MAX_MESSAGE_LEN -2 );
return NULL;
}
+ /* Don't try to send if we know there's no live connection. */
+ if (conn->status != CONNECTION_OK) {
+ sprintf(conn->errorMessage, "PQexec() -- There is no connection "
+ "to the backend.\n");
+ return NULL;
+ }
+
/* the frontend-backend protocol uses 'Q' to designate queries */
sprintf(buffer,"Q%s",query);
/* send the query to the backend; */
if (pqPuts(buffer,pfout, pfdebug) == 1) {
(void) sprintf(conn->errorMessage,
- "PQexec() -- while sending query: %s\n-- fprintf to Pfout failed: errno=%d\n%s\n",
+ "PQexec() -- while sending query: %s\n"
+ "-- fprintf to Pfout failed: errno=%d\n%s\n",
query, errno,strerror(errno));
return NULL;
}
@@ -414,7 +423,12 @@ PQexec(PGconn* conn, const char* query)
if (id == EOF) {
/* hmm, no response from the backend-end, that's bad */
(void) sprintf(conn->errorMessage,
- "PQexec() -- No response from backend\n");
+ "PQexec() -- Request was sent to backend, but backend "
+ "closed the channel before "
+ "responding. This probably means the backend "
+ "terminated abnormally before or while processing "
+ "the request.\n");
+ conn->status = CONNECTION_BAD; /* No more connection to backend */
return (PGresult*)NULL;
}