Use self.reopen_conn() instead of rolling our own.

1 files changed, 2 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/test/suite/test_cursor_random.py b/test/suite/test_cursor_random.py
index fb2fbf90f18..db05e1dbabb 100644
--- a/test/suite/test_cursor_random.py
+++ b/test/suite/test_cursor_random.py
@@ -86,9 +86,8 @@ class test_cursor_random(wttest.WiredTigerTestCase):
         # Close the connection so everything is forced to disk (otherwise the
         # values are on an insert list and the underlying engine doesn't make
         # random selections, it selects the middle of the list.
-        self.conn.close()
-        self.conn = self.setUpConnectionOpen(".")
-        self.session = self.conn.open_session()
+        self.reopen_conn()
+
         cursor = self.session.open_cursor(uri, None, "next_random=true")
         last = ''
         match = 0