RE: C API -- using mysql_ping()

EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, January 22, 2001 1:15 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: C API -- using mysql_ping() If a connection has been closed by the mySQL server, like in a timeout condition, does the API function mysql_ping() awake the connection again if the re

C API -- using mysql_ping()

If a connection has been closed by the mySQL server, like in a timeout condition, does the API function mysql_ping() awake the connection again if the reconnect flag was set, or will it just return a lost server error? In other words, if I'm testing to see if a long-unused connection is dead befo