From 8c70cf811bf2a253d0fbe0a589fadf183ab4cb7c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Antoine Mineau <antoine@bimdata.io>
Date: Thu, 1 Apr 2021 17:56:32 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] add 'SELECT 1' to check if db is really alive

---
 django_replicated/dbchecker.py | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/django_replicated/dbchecker.py b/django_replicated/dbchecker.py
index 5d8ce72..50a3411 100644
--- a/django_replicated/dbchecker.py
+++ b/django_replicated/dbchecker.py
@@ -40,8 +40,8 @@ def is_alive(connection):
             connection.connection.ping()
     else:
         log.debug('Get cursor for db: %s', connection.alias)
-        with connection.cursor():
-            pass
+        with connection.cursor() as cur:
+            cur.execute("SELECT 1")
 
     return True