From adc32002da4a7dcbcf9b0ac15f34922b10372fdc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Arno den Uijl <aduijl@sogyo.nl>
Date: Wed, 22 May 2019 22:13:19 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Fix sqlserver connection closing on error (#5897)

---
 plugins/inputs/sqlserver/sqlserver.go | 6 ------
 1 file changed, 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/plugins/inputs/sqlserver/sqlserver.go b/plugins/inputs/sqlserver/sqlserver.go
index dc57c87a4..8fae93d15 100644
--- a/plugins/inputs/sqlserver/sqlserver.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/sqlserver/sqlserver.go
@@ -151,12 +151,6 @@ func (s *SQLServer) gatherServer(server string, query Query, acc telegraf.Accumu
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	// verify that a connection can be made before making a query
-	err = conn.Ping()
-	if err != nil {
-		// Handle error
-		return err
-	}
 	defer conn.Close()
 
 	// execute query