Rails - Jul 2005 - Strange Apache On Windows Rails Error

I am getting a strange error with Rails (0.12.1) on Windows with
Apache and FastCGI and MySQL.  After some period of time left idle
(about a day), Rails will only return ''Application Error: Rails
application failed to start properly''.  In the development log, the
trace will show something like:

''Invalid argument: SHOW FIELDS FROM users''

or

''Invalid argument: SELECT COUNT(*) FROM users''

which are obviously valid statements.

If I restart Apache, these errors go away.

Does anyone have any ideas why this may be happening?  Is there a way
to turn the debugging level higher so I can see more detail of what is
failing?

Here is the full trace of a recent error:

Processing UsersController#list (for 127.0.0.1 at Tue Jul 05 08:00:21
Eastern Standard Time 2005)
  Parameters: {"action"=>"list",
"controller"=>"users"}
  [4;35mUser Count (0.000000)   [0;37mSELECT COUNT(*) FROM users 
  [4;33mUser Load (0.000000)   [1;37mSELECT * FROM users LIMIT 0, 10
Rendering users/list within layouts/application
Rendering layouts/application (200 OK)
Completed in 0.01600 (62 reqs/sec) | Rendering: 0.01600 (100%) | DB:
0.01500 (93%)
  [4;35mUser Columns (0.000000)   [0;37mInvalid argument: SHOW
FIELDS FROM users
  [4;33mUser Columns (0.000000)   [1;37mInvalid argument: SHOW
FIELDS FROM users

Thanks,
Tom