From c96fa440cc02ec3e9ba92b94c6801f049b0605cd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jack Christensen <jack@jackchristensen.com>
Date: Fri, 26 Jul 2013 16:45:27 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Test getSharedConnection handles dead connections

If a test does something that kills a connection, it previously
would break all subsequent tests that used the shared connection.
It no longer does.
---
 helper_test.go | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/helper_test.go b/helper_test.go
index 8fca4223..bb8266b1 100644
--- a/helper_test.go
+++ b/helper_test.go
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ type test interface {
 var sharedConnection *pgx.Connection
 
 func getSharedConnection(t test) (c *pgx.Connection) {
-	if sharedConnection == nil {
+	if sharedConnection == nil || !sharedConnection.IsAlive() {
 		var err error
 		sharedConnection, err = pgx.Connect(*defaultConnectionParameters)
 		if err != nil {