Long time for client to connect; not for script.

[Ken D'Ambrosio]

Can someone help explain something to me?  When I use "mysql" to connect 
to my server, it can take upwards of 15 seconds.  When I use any of the 
Ruby scripts I've written, it's so fast it's not even obvious it's 
querying a remote host.  Any idea what might cause this disparity?  (My 
initial suspicion would be a reverse DNS resolution issue -- which I 
can't easily check from the DB host -- but wouldn't that affect both 
script and client the same?)

Thanks!
-Ken

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