local retry = require 'retry'

function main(Data)
   local R, R2, M = retry.call{func=DoInsert, retry=1000, pause=10, funcname='DoInsert', errorfunc=myError}
end

function DoInsert(T)
   -- call db.connect each time Iguana Polls
      conn = db.connect{
         api=db.MY_SQL,
         user='root',
         password='', -- no password
         name='test',
         live=true
      }
   
   -- NOTE: query for testing purposes only
   -- replace the query with your select/insert/update code
   local R = conn:query('SELECT * FROM patient')

   -- housekeeping (more efficient than garbage collection)
   if conn and conn:check() then conn:close() end 
   
   return R
end

function myError(Success, ErrMsgOrReturnCode)
   local funcSuccess
   if Success then
      -- successfully read the data
      funcSuccess = true -- don't retry
   else
      -- these are MySQL error codes - they will be different for other databases
      if ErrMsgOrReturnCode.code == 2002 or ErrMsgOrReturnCode.code == 2006 then
         -- retry *only* for failed connection (error 2002 or 2006)
         iguana.logInfo('Retrying DB connection: '..tostring(ErrMsgOrReturnCode))
         funcSuccess = false -- retry
      else
         -- then raise error for all other DB issue (error ~= 2002 or 2006)
         error(tostring(ErrMsgOrReturnCode))
      end
   end
   return funcSuccess
end