On Fri, May 18, 2012 at 8:18 AM, Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sat, May 19, 2012 at 12:09 AM, Vincenzo Romano
> <vincenzo.romano@notorand.it> wrote:
>> You said enough about PQstatus. So issuing a "blank" command seems to
>> be a good idea. Possibly the only one.
>>
>> Well, a "ping" function trying to use the current "PGconn*" to ping
>> the server would make a lot of sense, though.
>
> If it helps make your code clearer, you could send the query "/* ping
> */", which would be parsed by the server as a comment. I've not
> verified, but a recent thread here mentioned that /**/ comments
> (unlike double-hyphen ones) get sent to the server, so you'll see it
> in your logs.
Or send the command:
select 1;