Deadlock can be a frequent issue in running SQL Server databases with several concurrent transactions. DBAs and developers who have seen deadlocks are aware that there may be a serious performance ...

This is a continuation of a series of articles I’ve written on SQL Server concepts. When you work with SQL Server long enough on a database with enough traffic, you’re eventually going to encounter ...

After migrating data from SQL Server 2000 to SQL Server 2008,when I am doing any a transaction in the table which find out more row on the database,that's gives me ...

Database troubleshooting is not for the faint of heart, especially when it comes to troubleshooting locking and blocking problems. Sometimes the elephant in the room is actually a rhino, a problem ...

One of the dreaded error codes we get in the SQL log is the “1205”. It represents the infamous deadlock where two transactions are locking each other out. No way ...

Well, the answer is: now in SQL Server 2005 and 2008, the SQL Profiler has a Deadlock Graph event that will capture the information you need to diagnose the deadlock and it’s much easier to use than ...