Extra sanity check of a fresh DBI handle

[dbsrgits/DBIx-Class.git] / lib / DBIx / Class / Storage / DBI.pm

diff --git a/lib/DBIx/Class/Storage/DBI.pm b/lib/DBIx/Class/Storage/DBI.pm
index 4141a15..d46522b 100644 (file)
--- a/lib/DBIx/Class/Storage/DBI.pm
+++ b/lib/DBIx/Class/Storage/DBI.pm
@@ -1399,10 +1399,17 @@ sub _connect {
       $dbh = DBI->connect(@info);
     }
 
-    if (!$dbh) {
-      die $DBI::errstr;
-    }
+    die $DBI::errstr unless $dbh;
+
+    die sprintf ("%s fresh DBI handle with a *false* 'Active' attribute. "
+      . 'This handle is disconnected as far as DBIC is concerned, and we can '
+      . 'not continue',
+      ref $info[0] eq 'CODE'
+        ? "Connection coderef $info[0] returned a"
+        : 'DBI->connect($schema->storage->connect_info) resulted in a'
+    ) unless $dbh->FETCH('Active');
 
+    # sanity checks unless asked otherwise
     unless ($self->unsafe) {
 
       $self->throw_exception(