# Database Connection Fault Notification

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/database-connection-fault-notification/29649>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** database\
**Created:** [November 4, 2019, 5:30pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/database-connection-fault-notification/29649 "2019-11-04T17:30:32Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![bbranison](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/74df32/32.png) [@bbranison](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/bbranison)\
**Post date:** [November 4, 2019, 5:30pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/database-connection-fault-notification/29649/1 "2019-11-04T17:30:32Z")

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Greetings,  
Our Ignition gateway lost connection to a database on Friday and we lost data over the weekend. What is the best practice for notification of change in database connection status?  
Thanks,  
Ben

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**Author:** ![dkhayes117](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/dkhayes117/32/68344_2.png) [@dkhayes117](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/dkhayes117)\
**Post date:** [November 4, 2019, 6:35pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/database-connection-fault-notification/29649/2 "2019-11-04T18:35:09Z")

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It is easily monitored in your gateway tag folder. You can add your own logic to your projects, or add an alarm to the status tag. Below is the pseudo tag path  
System-\>Gateway-\>Database-\>YourConnectionName-\>Available

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**Author:** ![bbranison](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/74df32/32.png) [@bbranison](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/bbranison)\
**Post date:** [November 4, 2019, 7:45pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/database-connection-fault-notification/29649/3 "2019-11-04T19:45:26Z")

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I didn’t realize those DB tags were there. Great! Thanks.