when gorm not connected to any DB; the query execute result has no error

[lovejoy]

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https://github.sheincorp.cn/go-gorm/playground/pull/1

Description

when gorm connect to a wrong dsn config, and ignore the open error handle,
all after db exec don't have result error

DB, err = gorm.Open(mysql.Open(dsn), gormConfig) // dsn is wrong ,and the err is  failed to initialize database, got error dial tcp xxx:3306: i/o timeout
result := DB.Exec("SELECT 1")
if result.Error != nil { // why the result error is nil 
	fmt.Println("%v", err)
}

I know i should handle the gorm.Open error. but i want to get my program startup when db is down.

so i tried to ignore the open error, but the db execute with no error result in some other issue.
hope db execute can result error

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[ivila]

When gorm.Open return an error(the second return value), the gorm.DB instance(the first return value) should never be used.
Using an invalid gorm.DB instance is undefined behavior(as no one would ever do this) so the result could be anything(for example, in your case, return err=nil when calling Exec method).
Hence, I think you should change your codes to handle the error properly, if there is an error returned from gorm.Open, stop using the returned gorm.DB instance.

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[lovejoy]

When gorm.Open return an error(the second return value), the gorm.DB instance(the first return value) should never be used. Using an invalid gorm.DB instance is undefined behavior(as no one would ever do this) so the result could be anything(for example, in your case, return err=nil when calling Exec method). Hence, I think you should change your codes to handle the error properly, if there is an error returned from gorm.Open, stop using the returned gorm.DB instance.

I know i should handle the gorm.Open error. But my goal is just want to start my program as a downgrade solution even when the database cannot be connected

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[ivila]

When gorm.Open return an error(the second return value), the gorm.DB instance(the first return value) should never be used. Using an invalid gorm.DB instance is undefined behavior(as no one would ever do this) so the result could be anything(for example, in your case, return err=nil when calling Exec method). Hence, I think you should change your codes to handle the error properly, if there is an error returned from gorm.Open, stop using the returned gorm.DB instance.

I know i should handle the gorm.Open error. But my goal is just want to start my program as a downgrade solution even when the database cannot be connected

Then in your downgrade solution, you must not use the gorm.DB instance