             if (_authenticated) {
                 _connecting = false;
                 _connected = true;
-                _rfq = true;
-                _status = msg.status;
 
                 _messageHandler.setMessageListener(ReadyForQuery, handleRfq);
                 _messageHandler.setMessageListener(AuthenticationRequest, handleUnexpectedMessage);

        }

        private function handleError(msg:ErrorResponse):void {
            if (_queryHandler) {
                _queryHandler.handleError(msg.fields);
            } else {

                _messageHandler.setMessageListener(CommandComplete, handleComplete);
                _messageHandler.setMessageListener(EmptyQueryResponse, handleEmpty);

                _connHandler.handleConnected();
                handleRfq(msg);
            } else {
                throw new ProtocolError("Unexpected ReadyForQuery without AuthenticationOK"); 
            }
