Category Archives: Concurrency

See you in Charlotte!

Posted on May 22, 2013 by

Well it is that time of year again where the results of the PASS Summit 2013 session selections become public. This year was of course a very difficult one to get selected since (I believe) a record number of submissions … Continue reading →

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Baby baby baby, where did our love/ data go?

Posted on October 23, 2012 by

Possibly one of the very first things we learn as fledgling DBA’s is that transactions are used to provide “all or nothing” operations. If you ever go for a SQL Server job interview, you are almost guaranteed to be asked … Continue reading →

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The Curious Case of the Non-Escalating transaction locks

Posted on October 17, 2012 by

SQL Server has many facets and behaviors that are often misunderstood and do not always work quite as we may have expected. At first you may believe that you understand the mechanics, only to realize after a little bit of … Continue reading →

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