# Database connection status error - Connection faulted

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/database-connection-status-error-connection-faulted/73135>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** perspective\
**Created:** [May 2, 2023, 10:05am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/database-connection-status-error-connection-faulted/73135 "2023-05-02T10:05:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![Neha\_B](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Neha\_B](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Neha_B)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2023, 10:05am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/database-connection-status-error-connection-faulted/73135/1 "2023-05-02T10:05:12Z")

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Getting an database connection status error, connection is faulted, and details show the following description - **Cannot get a connection, pool error Unable to validate object**  
New user here, not able to understand what happened suddenly, It was working fine for last one week.

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**Author:** ![pturmel](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/pturmel/32/3295_2.png) [@pturmel](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/pturmel)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2023, 12:10pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/database-connection-status-error-connection-faulted/73135/2 "2023-05-02T12:10:29Z")

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In your DB's connection settings in Ignition, there's one that specifies the "validation query" to use to verify that the DB connection is still functional (for recycling connections instead of closing them--that's the "pool"). Typically `Select 1;` or similar, but can vary by DB type. And can be disabled.

Your DB isn't running that query successfully when it is needed. You should investigate what changed in your DB.