Smart error recovery for database applications

A database server, comprising:

• one or more processors;
• a storage medium that stores program modules for execution by the one or more processors, the program modules comprising:
• an environment reader operable to identify events occurring in an environment of the database server;
• and
• a problem detection engine operable to detect a problem condition based upon an analysis of one or more of events identified by the environment reader and execution errors generated by the database server, and to send one or more commands to a database driver of a client that is communicatively connected to the database server in response to detecting the problem condition, the one or more commands specifying one or more actions to be taken by the database driver in response to the problem condition.

A system, comprising:

• one or more processors;
• a storage medium that stores program modules that are executed by the one or more processors, the program modules comprising:
• an application;
• and
• a database driver operable to perform database operations on behalf of the application, the database driver further including:
• a smart error reader operable to receive one or more commands from a database server, the one or more commands specifying one or more actions to be taken in response to a problem condition identified by a database server;
• and
• a smart error processor operable to execute the one or more commands.