>Because of this bug:
>http://bugs.sun.com/bugdatabase/view_bug.do?bug_id=5092063
>
>the 1.5 release of java runtime takes 4-5 seconds to connect to the
>database.
>I am looking for a workaround in java (not editing the hosts file or
>something else), that can be compiled under 1.4 and doesn't have this
>waiting problem if run under 1.5
>
>

It looks like changing the socket constructor to: new
Socket(InetAddress.getByName(dbai.getServer()), dbai.getPort()); should
fix the problem. The InetAddress.getByName call disables any reverse
DNS lookup.

Would you let me know if this fixes the problem? I couldn't reproduce
the problem on my machine.

Steve