Ok - it appears that the 2nd issue (DNS resolving) may be related to AWS: https://forums.aws.amazon.com/thread.jspa?threadID=109414&tstart=0
But I am sure the first issue is something wrong with how we are using SqlAlchemy/SqlSoup connections. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "sqlalchemy" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/sqlalchemy/-/jyTVMIa-bQ8J. To post to this group, send email to sqlalchemy@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to sqlalchemy+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sqlalchemy?hl=en.