Exceeding Number of Processes

Question

Hi We have a window client that is connecting to an Oracle database through a web services running on a middle tier. We are developing and are, therefore, running in debug mode. Every so often we are unable to connect to the database because we reach max number of processes. At that point we have to bounce the database to clear the processes. For some reason Oracle is not releasing these processes. My questions are: Has anyone of you experienced this problem? What is the wire protocol used to connect to Oracle from a web service using OleDbConnection Any way to fix this