[TYPO3-dev] Fail-safe mechanism for database connectivityproblem

[Dan Frost]

Yes - and No.

You should always work out why a problem happens, but should avoid the
problem having any effect on the user experience.

There's no reason why public users should ever see "Database username
and password were not accepted" - the public should see graceful
degradation; a nice static HTML page.

dan

Peter Russ wrote:
> John Angel schrieb:
>>> However we should not put to much effort to make a complete fail over
>>> solution.
>>
>> So you think it's great to see 'Database down' message from time to time?
> [...]
> Instead of "invasting" time for error handling you should invest to find
> the reason of your "DB down syndrom".
> 
> My2€cent.
> Regs Peter.
> 
> 


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Dan Frost
Technical Director
3rd Eye Vision - 3ev.com