[ensembl-dev] problems fetching data from ensembl

[Amelie Stein]

Hello,

I'm experiencing an odd problem when trying to fetch data via the  
Ensembl Perl
API. My script never returns, and it cannot even connect to the registry
(e.g. using the code from
http://www.ensembl.org/info/docs/api/core/core_tutorial.html). I
can log into the mysql server directly, so establishing the connection  
itself
should not be the problem. However, I cannot run all queries -- "show
databases" never returns (and indeed seems to be the problem behind  
connecting
to the registry), although

  show databases like "%61%"

works fine. Could there be a problem related to the "size" of the  
results? Has
anyone else experienced similar issues? A message in the Nov 2010  
archives
looks like what I'm experiencing, but I could not find a solution in  
that
thread. I have contacted the helpdesk, but while we could narrow down  
the
problem, we haven't found a solution.

Any helpful suggestions would be appreciated!
Amelie


PS: sorry if this is a duplicate, I've tried to send the email  
yesterday already but it seems it didn't get through.