Kim Robinson wrote: > > > Hi, > > I am using the npgsql postgres data adaptor in a C# ASP.NET application. > Each time the site establishes a new connection to the database a > postgres.exe process is started. For some reason this process is not > removed when the connection is closed. > > Any help would be greatly appreciated. Are you by any chance using some connection pooling that keeps it alive? I don't remember what the default is in npgsql, but a lot of frameworks have connection pooling enabled by default. //Magnus