+ memset(buffer, 0, MEMCACHED_DEFAULT_COMMAND_SIZE);
+
+ /* Leaveing this assert in since only a library fubar could blow this */
+ assert(ptr->write_buffer_offset == 0);
+
+ server_key= memcached_generate_hash(ptr, key, key_length);
+
+ rc= memcached_connect(ptr, server_key);