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derrickleggett
Pointy Haired Yak DBA

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Posted - 12/05/2005 :  23:45:19  Show Profile  Visit derrickleggett's Homepage  Send derrickleggett an AOL message  Send derrickleggett a Yahoo! Message  Reply with Quote
WOW. He lives. Good to see you Vyas.

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klsrao
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USA
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Posted - 04/13/2010 :  14:40:17  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Onamuji,
why do you say:

"Never use NOLOCK unless you are super sure you want to ignore all locks on a table (this can cause you so much pain) "


Learn how not to speak negative.
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Lamprey
Flowing Fount of Yak Knowledge

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Posted - 04/13/2010 :  17:52:06  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
quote:
Originally posted by klsrao

Onamuji,
why do you say:

"Never use NOLOCK unless you are super sure you want to ignore all locks on a table (this can cause you so much pain) "


Learn how not to speak negative.
Here is one reason:
http://blogs.msdn.com/sqlcat/archive/2007/02/01/previously-committed-rows-might-be-missed-if-nolock-hint-is-used.aspx
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Kristen
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United Kingdom
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Posted - 04/14/2010 :  02:55:50  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
This is a very old thread - if using SQL2005 or later I recommend that you use READ_COMMITTED_SNAPSHOT - it provides the benefits of NOLOCK that developers are normally looking for (READs don't block WRITES) and none of the disastrous side effects of NOLOCK, plus you don't have to modify your code (well, you do need to remove NOLOCK if you have been using that because it still has the same disastrous side effects ...)
Edited by - Kristen on 04/14/2010 03:03:28
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