Jason:

> The first connection to a database (i.e. 0 users ->
> 1 user), certainly takes a lot longer then subsequent ones.
> Is this likely to be the case, if so you may want to employ
> an application that just connects to databases and does
> nothing.

Hmm ... that must be it ... I guess I'll have to keep track of the ten
or twenty most used databases and do what you say. Thanks!

Best wishes,
Tobias