From 8fddb742dfe5cb247c875f95c9af32dcba37d10d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nicola Murino <nicola.murino@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 9 Jul 2020 20:01:37 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] try to improve error message if the user forgot to initialize
 the provider

See #138
---
 dataprovider/sqlcommon.go | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/dataprovider/sqlcommon.go b/dataprovider/sqlcommon.go
index f92d2f9b..b41476e9 100644
--- a/dataprovider/sqlcommon.go
+++ b/dataprovider/sqlcommon.go
@@ -774,6 +774,9 @@ func sqlCommonGetDatabaseVersion(dbHandle *sql.DB) (schemaVersion, error) {
 	stmt, err := dbHandle.PrepareContext(ctx, q)
 	if err != nil {
 		providerLog(logger.LevelWarn, "error preparing database query %#v: %v", q, err)
+		if strings.Contains(err.Error(), sqlTableSchemaVersion) {
+			logger.WarnToConsole("database query error, did you forgot to run the \"initprovider\" command?")
+		}
 		return result, err
 	}
 	defer stmt.Close()