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Microsoft® SQL Server 2008 R2 Unleashed
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Microsoft® SQL Server 2008 R2 Unleashed

by Ray Rankins, Paul Bertucci, Chris Gallelli, Alex T. Silverstein
September 2010
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
1704 pages
111h 8m
English
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Deadlocks

Deadlocks are a common occurrence in database management systems (DMBSs). In simple terms, deadlocks occur when a process (for example, SPID 10) has a lock on a resource that another process (for example, SPID 20) wants. In addition, the second process (SPID 20) wants the resource that the first process has locked. This cyclic dependency causes the DBMS to kill one of the processes to resolve the deadlock situation.

Resolving deadlocks and identifying the deadlock participants can be difficult. In SQL Server 2008 and past versions, trace flag 1204 can be set to capture the processes involved in the deadlock. The output is text based but provides valuable information about the types of locks and the statements that were executing at ...

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