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Psycopg website

connection.closed attribute is not set properly on localconnections

Reported by Psycopg website | March 6th, 2014 @ 09:27 AM | in psycopg2 2.5.3 (closed)

Submitted by: haizaar

Scenario:
1. issue psycopg2.connect through local socket
2. restart database server
3. create cursor and execute query (and get an error)

Expected result:
connection.closed attribute will should be greater then 0

Actual result:
connection.closed attribute is 0

Steps to reproduce:

$ python
Python 2.7.5+ (default, Sep 19 2013, 13:48:49) 
[GCC 4.8.1] on linux2
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> import psycopg2
>>> conn = psycopg2.connect("dbname=tst host=/tmp")
>>> conn.closed
0
>>> # Issuse CTRL-Z
[1]+  Stopped                 python
$ service postgresql restart
 * Restarting PostgreSQL 9.1 database server
   ...done.
$ fg
python


>>> cur = conn.cursor()
>>> cur.execute("SELECT 1")
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
psycopg2.OperationalError: server closed the connection unexpectedly
        This probably means the server terminated abnormally
        before or while processing the request.

>>> conn.closed
0
>>> psycopg2.__version__
'2.5.2 (dt dec pq3 ext)'
>>>

Reproduced on:
python 2.7.5 / 2.6.8.
Postgresql 9.1 / 8.4
Ubuntu 13.10 64-bit / Centos 6.4 64-bit

Comments and changes to this ticket

  • Zaar Hai

    Zaar Hai March 6th, 2014 @ 09:31 AM

    Formatting did not go well through web form. The reproduction is below.

    $ python
    Python 2.7.5+ (default, Sep 19 2013, 13:48:49) 
    [GCC 4.8.1] on linux2
    Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
    >>> import psycopg2
    >>> conn = psycopg2.connect("dbname=tst host=/tmp")
    >>> conn.closed
    0
    >>> # Issuse CTRL-Z
    [1]+  Stopped                 python
    $ service postgresql restart
     * Restarting PostgreSQL 9.1 database server
       ...done.
    $ fg
    python
    
    
    >>> cur = conn.cursor()
    >>> cur.execute("SELECT 1")
    Traceback (most recent call last):
      File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
    psycopg2.OperationalError: server closed the connection unexpectedly
            This probably means the server terminated abnormally
            before or while processing the request.
    
    >>> conn.closed    # <------------ Should be greater then zero!
    0
    >>> psycopg2.__version__
    '2.5.2 (dt dec pq3 ext)'
    >>>
    
  • Daniele Varrazzo

    Daniele Varrazzo March 6th, 2014 @ 11:11 AM

    • State changed from “new” to “open”

    Yup, thank you for the report: i'd noticed something similar in #192. Thank you for the test case, I'll try to fix it.

  • Zaar Hai

    Zaar Hai March 6th, 2014 @ 04:35 PM

    BTW, to emphasize, that if one connects through TCP and not local socket, then closed attribute is populated properly.

  • Daniele Varrazzo

    Daniele Varrazzo March 6th, 2014 @ 04:43 PM

    Ugh, thank you for the clarification, I wouldn't have expected such a difference.

  • Zaar Hai

    Zaar Hai March 6th, 2014 @ 05:07 PM

    Yeah, I've spotted it while working on Momoko - dead connection detection stopped functioning when one connects through local socket.

  • Daniele Varrazzo

    Daniele Varrazzo March 6th, 2014 @ 05:25 PM

    In debug mode, executing into a broken socket connection:

    In [4]: cur.execute('select 1')
    [19233] psyco_curs_execute: starting execution of new query
    [19233] curs_execute: pg connection at 0x2095ff0 OK
    [19233] pq_begin_locked: pgconn = 0x2095ff0, autocommit = 0, status = 1
    [19233] pq_execute_command_locked: pgconn = 0x2095ff0, query = BEGIN
    [19233] pq_execute_command_locked: PQexec returned NULL
    [19233] pq_complete_error: pgconn = 0x2095ff0, pgres = (nil), error = server closed the connection unexpectedly
        This probably means the server terminated abnormally
        before or while processing the request.
    
    [19233] psyco_curs_execute: res = -1, pgres = (nil)
    

    In a tcp connection instead:

    [19233] psyco_curs_execute: starting execution of new query
    [19233] curs_execute: pg connection at 0x20e8120 OK
    [19233] pq_begin_locked: pgconn = 0x20e8120, autocommit = 0, status = 1
    [19233] pq_execute_command_locked: pgconn = 0x20e8120, query = BEGIN
    [19233] pq_execute_command_locked: result was not COMMAND_OK (7)
    [19233] pq_complete_error: pgconn = 0x20e8120, pgres = 0x2158e30, error = (null)
    [19233] pq_raise: PQresultErrorMessage: err=FATAL:  terminating connection due to administrator command
    SSL connection has been closed unexpectedly
    

    so this should be the branch point: PQexec returning NULL vs. a "not ok" result.

  • Zaar Hai
  • Daniele Varrazzo

    Daniele Varrazzo March 10th, 2014 @ 05:24 PM

    • Milestone set to psycopg2 2.5.3

    Thank you for testing: I'll try to clear the issues with poll too and pack up the release within a few days.

  • Daniele Varrazzo

    Daniele Varrazzo March 10th, 2014 @ 05:28 PM

    • State changed from “open” to “resolved”

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