The connection created by using an external handle should never be used after

the external handle has been closed or destroyed (since otherwise the memory
used may have already been freed and reused by other parts of the application).

Author: anthony-tuininga

doc/src/api_manual/module.rst

@@ -68,7 +68,8 @@ Module Interface
 
     If the handle is specified, it must be of type OCISvcCtx\* and is only of
     use when embedding Python in an application (like PowerBuilder) which has
-    already made the connection.
+    already made the connection. The connection thus created should *never* be
+    used after the source handle has been closed or destroyed.
 
     The pool parameter is expected to be a
     :ref:`session pool object <sesspool>` and the use of this parameter is the

test/test_1100_connection.py

@@ -228,9 +228,6 @@ def test_1113_connect_with_handle(self):
         cursor.close()
         self.assertRaises(oracledb.DatabaseError, connection2.close)
         connection.close()
-        cursor = connection2.cursor()
-        self.assertRaises(oracledb.DatabaseError, cursor.execute,
-                "select count(*) from TestTempTable")
 
     def test_1114_make_dsn(self):
         "1114 - test making a data source name from host, port and sid"