This may be off topic and if so I apologize.

The problem we have is that if we disconnect the database physically and then perform a query it just hangs. Nothing happens for a very long time. If we wait a couple of minutes (the first query still hanging) and run another query we immediately get an exception (as expected). If we take down the db normally it also works fine (with an exception that is). What have we done wrong? Any ideas?

Hibernate version:
3.1

Name and version of the database you are using:
MySQL 4.1.x

Other:
Using DBCP for connection pooling, Tomcat 5.5.x, Java 5, Redhat Linux Enterprise

Once again sorry if it's off topic (didn't really know where to ask...)

/Marcus