From 8f6f31dbb37bff3776ec009b16b66b5ce274e3fe Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ralf Becker <ralfbecker@outdoor-training.de>
Date: Thu, 20 Jun 2013 13:42:19 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] * API: if re-connect to database fails for an existing
 session, stop execution with an exception, as otherwise eg. preferences can
 get lost

---
 phpgwapi/inc/class.egw_db.inc.php | 7 ++++++-
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/phpgwapi/inc/class.egw_db.inc.php b/phpgwapi/inc/class.egw_db.inc.php
index 4c3efe22ef..4048a3f0eb 100644
--- a/phpgwapi/inc/class.egw_db.inc.php
+++ b/phpgwapi/inc/class.egw_db.inc.php
@@ -452,7 +452,12 @@ class egw_db
 				$this->Link_ID =& $GLOBALS['egw']->ADOdb;
 			}
 		}
-		if (!$this->Link_ID->isConnected()) $this->Link_ID->Connect();
+		if (!$this->Link_ID->isConnected() && !$this->Link_ID->Connect())
+		{
+			$Host = preg_replace('/password=[^ ]+/','password=$Password',$this->Host);	// eg. postgres dsn contains password
+			$this->halt("ADOdb::$connect($Host, $this->User, \$Password, $this->Database) reconnect failed.");
+			return null;	// in case error-reporting = 'no'
+		}
 
 		if ($new_connection)
 		{