IT Answers » w3wp.exe http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers Thu, 20 Jun 2013 12:31:54 +0000 en-US hourly 1 How do I stop my VB6 application on a Windows2003 server using up all the connections on my 9i DB? http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/how-do-i-stop-my-vb6-application-on-a-windows2003-server-using-up-all-the-connections-on-my-9i-db/ http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/how-do-i-stop-my-vb6-application-on-a-windows2003-server-using-up-all-the-connections-on-my-9i-db/#comments Fri, 22 Aug 2008 09:47:11 +0000 Alexanderph The root of the problem seems to be w3wp.exe interacting with the 10g client we use to attach to the 9i DB (due for upgrade to 10g soon). I can’t really change the VB component since it’s also required to run on Windows2000 – which it handles with no problems against the same DB. Also can’t upgrade to .NET due to limited resource. Replacing the DB call with a Java component or service may be an option, but not sure how feasible this would be.
The component is set to stay active in memory, and I think this is what causes w3wp.exe to hold onto DB connections (although they do go to inactive). I need a way of having the connections dropped as soon as the transaction is finished – user logs out. We’ve already looked at changing connection pools and other minor tweaks on the server, not much success.

Any useful suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

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