Committed by Greg Sabino Mullane <[email protected]> Subject: [DBD::Pg 1/2] Tweak the ping() method docs some.
--- Pg.pm | 8 +++++--- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/Pg.pm b/Pg.pm index 831d768..5bce425 100644 --- a/Pg.pm +++ b/Pg.pm @@ -2738,9 +2738,11 @@ server version 9.0 or higher. $rv = $dbh->ping; -This C<ping> method is used to check the validity of a database handle. The value returned is -either 0, indicating that the connection is no longer valid, or a positive integer, indicating -the following: +The C<ping> method determines if there is a working connection to an active +database server. It does this by sending a small query to the server, currently +B<SELECT 'DBD::Pg ping test'>. It returns 0 (false) if the connection is not valid, +otherwise it returns a positive number (true). The value returned indicates the +current state: Value Meaning -------------------------------------------------- -- 1.8.4
