Deadlock-situation in SQL-Server 2000

  • Hello,

    Following runtime-error occurs in vb6 when trying to run a transaction:

    "Transaction was deadlocked on lock resources with another process and has been chosen as a deadlock victim"

    What does this mean ? This error never appeared before.

    Thank you,

    Stephan

  • Hi

    It means that another process is using and locking the table that you are trying to update

    Andy

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  • It's not just that something else is using the table, that'd just be blocking.

    http://www.simple-talk.com/sql/database-administration/handling-deadlocks-in-sql-server/|

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