From bdf410d4d1576d3b0e0b191704d61160e71f64e7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Pa=CC=88r=20Karlsson?= <me@iamacoder.com>
Date: Sun, 2 Aug 2015 01:18:22 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Added generic ping check to probe for active db connection

---
 main.go | 6 ++----
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index d4a201ac..bdaf0d71 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -60,10 +60,8 @@ func Open(dialect string, args ...interface{}) (DB, error) {
 			}
 			dbSql, err = sql.Open(driver, source)
 
-			// For some reason, postgres does not throw an connection error.
-			// Sending a ping request after the connection is made is a quick workaround for this
-			if driver == "postgres" && err == nil {
-				err = db.DB().Ping()
+			if err == nil {
+				err = db.DB().Ping() // Send a ping to make sure the database connection is alive.
 			}
 
 		case sqlCommon: