Strange problem with number of sessions

All,  

Oracle 8.0.5
Tru64 4.0 Unix  

We have number of sessions set to 115, processes set to 100.  

We got alert log errors recently saying that the max no. of sessions had been exceeded, yet there were only 27 sessions showing in v$session. Is this a bug ?? Has anyone encountered this behaviour in the past. Or am I missing something obvious.  

TIA   Lee

Lee Robertson
Acxiom
Tel: 0191 525 7344
Fax: 0191 525 7007
Email: lerobe_at_acxiom.co.uk

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