- The _extract_error_code() method now works

correctly with the "mysqldb" dialect.  Previously,
the reconnect logic would fail for OperationalError
conditions, however since MySQLdb has its
own reconnect feature, there was no symptom
here unless one watched the logs.
[ticket:1848]

1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/lib/sqlalchemy/test/engines.py b/lib/sqlalchemy/test/engines.py
index 0cfd58d20..9e77f38d7 100644
--- a/lib/sqlalchemy/test/engines.py
+++ b/lib/sqlalchemy/test/engines.py
@@ -105,6 +105,11 @@ class ReconnectFixture(object):
         return conn
 
     def shutdown(self):
+        # TODO: this doesn't cover all cases
+        # as nicely as we'd like, namely MySQLdb.
+        # would need to implement R. Brewer's
+        # proxy server idea to get better
+        # coverage.
         for c in list(self.connections):
             c.close()
         self.connections = []