Not possible to pass around a connection?

[SergioB-dev]

Expected behavior: To be able to pass around a Connection to any interested callers
Actual behavior: The only way I can successfully connect to a database is if I instantiate and use Connection in the same function that consumes it.

Following the example in the ReadMe I was able to connect to the database successfully. However, when I refactored this code to separate some shared responsibilities into separate functions I ran into problems.

My code follows this code in the readme exactly until this point..

let connection = try PostgresClientKit.Connection(configuration: config)
            defer { connection.close() } // Instead of deferring to close the connection here I return it to then be used by other functions

Here is how I then attempted to use this Connection

let connection = self.makeConnection()
        print("Connection closed?: \(connection.isClosed)") // Connection is open
        do {
            let statement = try connection.prepareStatement(text: sqlStatement)
            // I fail on this first try statement above with The operation couldn’t be completed. (PostgresClientKit.PostgresError error 3.)
        ...

[pitfield]

I'm happy you got it working. Could you please post what the problem was, and how you resolved it, in case someone else has a similar issue? Thanks!