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SQL Server Blocking Reading List

10 March,2022 by Tom Collins

Microsoft documentation defines SQL Server blocking as " blocking occurs when one session holds a lock on a specific resource and a second SPID attempts to acquire a conflicting lock type on the same resource"   - sounds easy enough.   But troubleshooting and resolving a  block  leading to a performance problem can require different approaches . 

 

How to monitor Blocked Processes with SQL Alert and email sp_whoisActive report

How to Use sys.dm_tran_locks to find requests waiting for an exclusive lock

Blocked Process Report and how to read

Database backup does not cause blocking

SQL Lock Escalation FAQ

How to Find queries causing Lock Timeouts per second

LCK_M_IS sql wait type - how to reduce

How to Find sql server Locks

A guide to Understand Key wait resource in Blocking

How to find Open SQL Transactions

How to Identify Page Latch contention

The simple guide to SQL Server Cached blocking history with sys.dm_db_index_operational_stats

How to detect and troubleshoot blocking and deadlocks

SQL Blocking script  ==>This is how I used to look for blocks - adding for historical purposes

  


Author: Tom Collins (http://www.sqlserver-dba.com)


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