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ayemya

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June 14, 2011 at 1:27 pm

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Hi we are constantly getting deadlocks on some part of database.Can we apply Snapshot Isolation level to prevent the deadlocks? If I turn on Snapshot isolation, will it break the code?
Is there any way to resolve the Deadlock Issue in DATABASE. Is Snapshot Isolation Level is the Good Way to minimize Deadlocks Occurrence?

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Dave Ballantyne SSC-Dedicated Points: 33667 More actions · Answer 1

As a general rule i would advise against using such things with out a full and proper understanding of exactly why.

Have you been able to identify the code that is causing the deadlock ?

Have you ensured that all the queries are not locking to much data, ie you have a good indexing strategy on the tables involved. ?

Here's a good article on the subject http://blogs.msdn.com/b/bartd/archive/2006/09/09/deadlock-troubleshooting_2c00_-part-1.aspx

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Michael Valentine Jones SSC Guru Points: 64818 More actions · Answer 2

Thre is a good chance that setting the database to READ_COMMITTED_SNAPSHOT will resolve most or all deadlocks.

However, deadlocks will still be possible, and if you still get them you will need to look at just what resources are being deadlocked.

Detecting and Ending Deadlocks

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms178104.aspx

Deadlock Troubleshooting

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/bartd/archive/2006/09/09/deadlock-troubleshooting_2c00_-part-1.aspx

Using Row Versioning-based Isolation Levels

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms179599.aspx

ayemya Hall of Fame Points: 3495 More actions · Answer 3

We have application that is causing deadlocks. The developers can't do anything to prevent deadlocks. I don't have permission to see the code. I can only run a trace to see the deadlock graph. I am thinking what I can do to reduce deadlocks from Database side.

Gail Shaw SSC Guru Points: 1004504 More actions · Answer 4

mya (6/14/2011)
The developers can't do anything to prevent deadlocks.

Translation, they're too lazy to try...

I can only run a trace to see the deadlock graph. I am thinking what I can do to reduce deadlocks from Database side.

Post the deadlock graph.

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Grant Fritchey SSC Guru Points: 398890 More actions · Answer 5

The thing is, it's likely to reduce deadlocks, but it's unlikely to eliminate them and it certainly won't prevent them in the future. Best way to avoid or fix deadlocks is to adjust the code (and possibly the structure) so that you don't get them in the first place.

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Jeff Moden SSC Guru Points: 1004363 More actions · Answer 6

mya (6/14/2011)
We have application that is causing deadlocks. The developers can't do anything to prevent deadlocks. I don't have permission to see the code. I can only run a trace to see the deadlock graph. I am thinking what I can do to reduce deadlocks from Database side.

Stating the obvious, you cannot fix what you cannot see. Sure, there's lots of tricks (a good number already mentioned on this thead) to reduce them but the real problem is that someone wrote some code that causes deadlocks and that code needs to be fixed. The deadlock graph is certainly a start but if they want you to fix the deadlocks, they're going to have to let you see the code.

--Jeff Moden

RBAR is pronounced "ree-bar" and is a "Modenism" for Row-By-Agonizing-Row.
First step towards the paradigm shift of writing Set Based code:
________Stop thinking about what you want to do to a ROW... think, instead, of what you want to do to a COLUMN.

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ayemya Hall of Fame Points: 3495 More actions · Answer 7

Thank you everyone. I will put deadlock graph soon.

ayemya Hall of Fame Points: 3495 More actions · Answer 8

I attached 3 deadlock graphs generated today.

dl2 is the frequent deadlock graph in our production server.

Gail Shaw SSC Guru Points: 1004504 More actions · Answer 9

Please zip and post the deadlock graph files themselves.

Gail Shaw
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ayemya Hall of Fame Points: 3495 More actions · Answer 10

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June 15, 2011 at 12:54 pm

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see attached.

Ninja's_RGR'us SSC Guru Points: 294069 More actions · Answer 11

mya (6/15/2011)
see attached.

I'm pretty sure that's not what she meant. There's a ton of stuff in the txt versions of loggings in sql server and I'd bet she needs access to that.

Gail Shaw SSC Guru Points: 1004504 More actions · Answer 12

No. Not the pictures of the deadlock graph. There's a hell of a lot of info that's lost in a picture.

The deadlock graphs are files. XML files. I want to see those, the xml, so that I can open then in SSMS and look at all the properties and tool tips that pictures don't have.

Gail Shaw
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Ninja's_RGR'us SSC Guru Points: 294069 More actions · Answer 13

GilaMonster (6/15/2011)
No. Not the pictures of the deadlock graph. There's a hell of a lot of info that's lost in a picture.
The deadlock graphs are files. XML files. I want to see those, the xml, so that I can open then in SSMS and look at all the properties and tool tips that pictures don't have.

Looks like I have your foresight gift today... how nice ;-).

ayemya Hall of Fame Points: 3495 More actions · Answer 14

I am running a trace and post xml files shortly. Thank you.