From 5ed4c3f2908ed79bb7acf0080826db18e0ef46ce Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Emil Davtyan <emil2k@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 6 Apr 2017 15:55:36 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Allow open to take transaction.

Need to skip the ping, otherwise results in a nil dereference.
---
 main.go | 12 +++++++-----
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 9ae560a1..047baed2 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -71,11 +71,13 @@ func Open(dialect string, args ...interface{}) (db *DB, err error) {
 		dialect:   newDialect(dialect, dbSQL),
 	}
 	db.parent = db
-
-	if err == nil {
-		// Send a ping to make sure the database connection is alive.
-		if err = db.DB().Ping(); err != nil {
-			db.DB().Close()
+	if err != nil {
+		return
+	}
+	// Send a ping to make sure the database connection is alive.
+	if d, ok := dbSQL.(*sql.DB); ok {
+		if err = d.Ping(); err != nil {
+			d.Close()
 		}
 	}
 	return