Ticket #5063: reconnect.diff

django/db/backends/postgresql_psycopg2/base.py

@@ -31 +31 @@
     def cursor(self):
         from django.conf import settings
         set_tz = False
+        
+        # psycopg2 closes the DB connection when OperationalError is thrown
+        # We can test for this by examining connection.closed
+        # If true we must re-establish the connection.
+        if self.connection and self.connection.closed:
+            self.connection = None
+            
         if self.connection is None:
             set_tz = True
             if settings.DATABASE_NAME == '':