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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 ...

SQL Server Profiler has always been a great tool for tracing activity “under the hood” on a SQL Server and assessing its performance. One feature that helps us quickly set up a trace on our current ...