Index: t/33storage_reconnect.t
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--- t/33storage_reconnect.t	(revision 3603)
+++ t/33storage_reconnect.t	(working copy)
@@ -1,12 +1,17 @@
 use strict;
 use warnings;  
 
+use FindBin;
+use File::Copy;
 use Test::More;
 use lib qw(t/lib);
 use DBICTest;
 
-plan tests => 2;
+plan tests => 4;
 
+my $db_orig = "$FindBin::Bin/var/DBIxClass.db";
+my $db_tmp  = "$db_orig.tmp";
+
 # Set up the "usual" sqlite for DBICTest
 my $schema = DBICTest->init_schema;
 
@@ -24,3 +29,21 @@
 #   4. Success!
 my @art_two = $schema->resultset("Artist")->search({ }, { order_by => 'name DESC'});
 cmp_ok(@art_two, '==', 3, "Three artists returned");
+
+### Now, disconnect the dbh, and move the db file so it can't be reconnected
+$schema->storage->_dbh->disconnect;
+move( $db_orig, $db_tmp );
+
+### Try the operation again... it should fail, since there's no db
+eval {
+    my @art_three = $schema->resultset("Artist")->search( {}, { order_by => 'name DESC' } );
+};
+ok( $@, 'The operation failed' );
+
+### Now, move the db file back to the correct name
+move( $db_tmp, $db_orig );
+
+### Try the operation again... this time, it should succeed
+my @art_four = $schema->resultset("Artist")->search( {}, { order_by => 'name DESC' } );
+cmp_ok( @art_two, '==', 3, "Three artists returned" );
+