I have been having some odd issues recently during the development of a new web app. So I decided to have a look at SQL Server as a possible source of random hangs etc.
On looking at the Activity monitor in SQL Server Management Studio, I see that during the application's usage there are quite a few items building up in the Processes
panel, all owned by the IIS Default application pool.
Now I have been careful to close database connections after queries and on page close, however these do not go away.
Is this just a list of previous processes, or are they all still alive??
I can right click -> KILL the processes, and they go away.