CURSORS PRB......

  • Hi all,

    we have a prod box onto which certain application is updating a database its getting connected through cursors but the problem is its blocking our maintenance job sp_updatestats.

    any ideas....how to deal with situation I am curious whether actual command which is being executed on those cursors can be determined?

    shnk

  • You can capture the cursor code using SQL Profiler.  It sounds like you have sp_updatestats running as a scheduled job.  The next time it runs and you are experiencing the blocking, run sp_who2 and sp_lock so you have the process and locking/objectIDs to match up with the logic within the cursor.  Is this your code or a 3rd party apps code?  It may be helpful if you could post the entire cursor.  You may find someone here on SSC that would help you re-write the cursor as a set based solution.

    John Rowan

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  • Can you simply rearrange your job schedule or the application run time so they don't conflict?

    Best,
    Kevin G. Boles
    SQL Server Consultant
    SQL MVP 2007-2012
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