is there a mongoose connect error callback

Question

how can i set a callback for the error handling if mongoose isn\'t able to connect to my DB?

i know of

connection.on(\'open\', function () { ... });
         


        

Answer 1

Late answer, but if you want to keep the server running you can use this:

mongoose.connect('mongodb://localhost/dbname',function(err) {
    if (err)
        return console.error(err);
});