Hi Mark,
That's a very very good idea, thanks a lot for the tip and your explanation.
I suspected it was something like that.
All the best,
-= Ed
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mark A Kruger [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: 4 February 2005 13:39
> To: CF-Linux
> Subject: RE: Previous Email
>
> Ed,
>
> When you specify an IP the JDBC driver tries to do a reverse
> lookup to build it's connection string. If it gets a "not
> found" response it then tries to contact the IP directly.
> Failing that it uses the IP. This process adds overhead to
> your connection process. It's why I always "short-circuit"
> the process and add host entries for whichever DB servers I'm
> using. Then resolution is always assured whether or not the
> DNS server is up.
>
> -Mark
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Edward Chanter [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Friday, February 04, 2005 5:45 AM
> To: CF-Linux
> Subject: Previous Email
>
>
> Just to let you know that I sorted the problem out. We had a
> DNS server that was down and for some reason CF needs that to
> connect to a DSN, even though the DSN had an ip specified and
> that IP is on the same subnet as the CF server. Very weird,
> but it's working now so it's all good.
>
> best wishes,
>
> -= Ed
>
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