Deadlock on two delete statements

  • Hi everyone,

    Can anyone advise why would the below statements cause a deadlock and what the permanent fix would be for this? Find attached the table, 2 stored procedures involved and the deadlock graph in xml. Also, why was a "U" lock requested if there are no update statements in either stored procedures? I imagine the select (before the delete) could cause this deadlock but a NOLOCK hint is applied to it so I'm out of ideas. Thanks!!

    <?xml version="1.0"?>
    <deadlock victim="process26crtd10e0">
    <process-list>

    <process id="process26crtd10e0" taskpriority="10" logused="16800" waitresource="KEY: 6:66440041235984644 (99sss20f9898)" waittime="2850" ownerId="65946590090" transactionname="TXN" lasttranstarted="2019-04-12T19:11:33.388" XDES="0x4ff4ere660" lockMode="X" schedulerid="26" kpid="19840" status="suspended" spid="46" sbid="0" ecid="0" priority="-2" trancount="2" lastbatchstarted="2019-04-12T19:11:33.388" lastbatchcompleted="2019-04-12T19:11:33.388" lastattention="1900-01-01T00:00:00.100" clientapp=".Net SqlClient Data Provider" hostname="HST-1" hostpid="9898" loginname="LNTA\lna" isolationlevel="read committed (2)" xactid="56666555400" currentdb="14" currentdbname="AW9" lockTimeout="5000" clientoption1="544400484" clientoption2="111000" databaseName="AW9"><executionStack><frame procname="AW9.dbo.DeleteRecord" line="00" stmtstart="2756" stmtend="2976" sqlhandle="0x000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000">
    DELETE FROM
    Customers
    WHERE
    CustomerID IN (SELECT CustId FROM @CustIds </frame></executionStack><inputbuf>
    Proc [Database Id = 14 Object Id = 98984000054] </inputbuf></process>

    <process id="process8f7f4f5f666" taskpriority="0" logused="0" waitresource="KEY: 6:66440041235984644 (99sss20f9898)" waittime="2850" ownerId="59284663401" transactionname="DELETE" lasttranstarted="2019-04-12T19:11:33.388" XDES="0x909c77c777" lockMode="U" schedulerid="36" kpid="19880" status="suspended" spid="100" sbid="2" ecid="0" priority="0" trancount="2" lastbatchstarted="2019-04-12T19:11:33.388" lastbatchcompleted="2019-04-12T19:11:33.388" lastattention="1900-01-01T00:00:00.100" clientapp=".Net SqlClient Data Provider" hostname="HST-02" hostpid="2600" loginname="LNTA\lna" isolationlevel="read committed (2)" xactid="16666555400" currentdb="14" currentdbname="AW9" lockTimeout="4294967295" clientoption1="998754100" clientoption2="111000" databaseName="AW9"><executionStack><frame procname="AW9.dbo.DeleteRecord_v2" line="00" stmtstart="1406" stmtend="1716" sqlhandle="0x000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000">
    DELETE FROM Customers
    WHERE CustomerGUID = @CustomerGUID </frame></executionStack><inputbuf>
    Proc [Database Id = 14 Object Id = 98000225466] </inputbuf></process>

    <process id="process9f564sf940" taskpriority="0" logused="0" waitresource="KEY: 6:72057594538098688 (e963a71503c8)" waittime="2850" ownerId="59284662841" transactionname="DELETE" lasttranstarted="2019-04-12T19:11:33.388" XDES="0x3r544b9898" lockMode="U" schedulerid="2" kpid="19999" status="suspended" spid="113" sbid="2" ecid="0" priority="0" trancount="2" lastbatchstarted="2019-04-12T19:11:33.388" lastbatchcompleted="2019-04-12T19:11:33.388" lastattention="1900-01-01T00:00:00.100" clientapp=".Net SqlClient Data Provider" hostname="HST-03" hostpid="4194" loginname="LNTA\lna" isolationlevel="read committed (2)" xactid="66666555400" currentdb="14" currentdbname="AW9" lockTimeout="4294967295" clientoption1="998754100" clientoption2="111000" databaseName="AW9"><executionStack><frame procname="AW9.dbo.DeleteRecord_v2" line="00" stmtstart="1406" stmtend="1716" sqlhandle="0x000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000">
    DELETE FROM Customers
    WHERE CustomerGUID = @CustomerGUID </frame></executionStack><inputbuf>
    Proc [Database Id = 14 Object Id = 98000225466] </inputbuf></process>


    </process-list>
    <resource-list>
    <keylock hobtid="66440041235984644" dbid="14" objectname="AW9.dbo.Customers" indexname="IX_Cust" id="lock988dvvc402" mode="U" associatedObjectId="66440041235984644">
    <owner-list>
    <owner id="process8f7f4f5f666" mode="U" requestType="wait"/>
    </owner-list>
    <waiter-list>
    <waiter id="process26crtd10e0" mode="X" requestType="wait"/>
    </waiter-list>
    </keylock>
    <keylock hobtid="66440041235984644" dbid="14" objectname="AW9.dbo.Customers" indexname="IX_Cust" id="lock988dvvc402" mode="U" associatedObjectId="66440041235984644">
    <owner-list>
    <owner id="process9f564sf940" mode="U"/>
    </owner-list>
    <waiter-list>
    <waiter id="process8f7f4f5f666" mode="U" requestType="wait"/>
    </waiter-list>
    </keylock>
    <keylock hobtid="72057594538098688" dbid="14" objectname="AW9.dbo.Customers" indexname="PK_Customers" id="lock550ff41c682" mode="X" associatedObjectId="72057594538098688">
    <owner-list>
    <owner id="process26crtd10e0" mode="X"/>
    </owner-list>
    <waiter-list>
    <waiter id="process9f564sf940" mode="U" requestType="wait"/>
    </waiter-list>
    </keylock>
    </resource-list>
    </deadlock>
    CREATE TABLE Customers
    (
    CustomerGUID UNIQUEIDENTIFIER
    , CustomerID INT IDENTITY(1,1) PRIMARY KEY
    , TerritoryId INT
    , AccountNumber VARCHAR(10)
    , CustomerType VARCHAR(1)
    , ModifiedDate DATETIME
    )
    GO

    CREATE NONCLUSTERED INDEX [IX_Cust] ON [dbo].[Customers]
    (CustomerGUID, TerritoryId, AccountNumber, CustomerType, ModifiedDate)
    GO

    CREATE PROCEDURE [dbo].[DeleteRecord]
    @CustomerIds VARCHAR(MAX)
    AS
    BEGIN
    SET NOCOUNT ON;
    SET DEADLOCK_PRIORITY -2;
    SET LOCK_TIMEOUT 5000;

    DECLARE @CustIds TABLE (CustId INT)
    INSERT INTO @CustIds (CustId)
    SELECT [Value] FROM STRING_SPLIT(@CustomerIds, ',')

    BEGIN TRAN TXN;
    INSERT INTO
    CustomersRemoved (
    CustomerGUID,
    CustomerID,
    TerritoryID,
    AccountNumber,
    CustomerType,
    ModifiedDate)
    SELECT
    CustomerGUID,
    CustomerID,
    TerritoryID,
    AccountNumber,
    CustomerType,
    ModifiedDate
    FROM
    Customers WITH(NOLOCK)
    WHERE
    CustomerID IN (SELECT CustId FROM @CustIds);

    DELETE FROM
    Customers
    WHERE
    CustomerID IN (SELECT CustId FROM @CustIds);
    COMMIT TRAN TXN;

    END
    GO

    CREATE PROCEDURE [dbo].[DeleteRecord_v2] @CustomerGUID UNIQUEIDENTIFIER
    AS
    BEGIN

    DELETE FROM Customers
    WHERE CustomerGUID = @CustomerGUID

    END

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  • NOLOCK isn't to prevent locks... it's to prevent from waiting for locks to be released when you're doing reads.  You've kind of overridden that because the SELECT is in a transaction and its output is being used as the source of an INSERT.

    I'll also state that instead of doing it this way, you could use the OUTPUT clause to save what's being deleted.  A properly written DELETE trigger would work, as well.

    --Jeff Moden


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    First step towards the paradigm shift of writing Set Based code:
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  • Thank you, that makes sense. I got confused because the deadlock graph suggested that each process was a "delete". If I leave the query as is and remove the NOLOCK hint, what difference would that make? If I changed the NOLOCK to UPDLOCK would that prevent deadlocks in the future? And why is there a "U" lock on the graph? Is that related to the INSERT query?

    I'll take your advice and use the output clause for the delete and use it for the insert. Just looking to get a better understanding of the situation hence asking so many questions. Thanks for your help!!

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