Deadlock - implicit transaction

  • Hi,

    We are experiencing deadlocks.

    The process not being the victim is doing an update by stored procedure which has begin tran,  commit tran. However the transactionname in the deadlock graph is implicit_transactions.

    Could this be potentially causing the deadlock issue and from the application implicit_transaction is on?

     

  • Implicit transaction is always on. You can't turn it off. You're focusing on the wrong thing. The issue with deadlocks is a combination of performance and coding. From the performance side, if all transactions clear before the possibility of any blocks, locks, or contention, then the chances of a deadlock are radically reduced. However, the real focus has to be on the code. You're accessing tables in two different orders (this is the most common issue) or something along those lines. Focus on the code for both the victim and the successful transaction. That's where the issue lies.

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  • Open the deadlock graph using Solarwinds/SQLSentry Planexplorer (free tool) and you can see how locking evolves playing the graph.

     

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