Monitoring Lock Activity in SQL Server
To monitor the performance of the system, it is necessary to keep track of locking activity in SQL Server. Following are the more commonly used methods to do so:
Using the sp_lock stored procedure
Querying the syslockinfo table directly
Viewing locking activity with SQL Enterprise Manager
Viewing locking activity with SQL Profiler
Viewing the current quantity of locks with Performance Monitor
As you read through the rest of this chapter, you might want to examine or monitor the locking activity for the examples presented. To assist you in that effort, the remainder of this section describes the methods of examining lock activity in SQL Server 2000.
Using the sp_lock Stored Procedure
The stored procedure sp_lock ...
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