• sys.dm_tran_locks, identify the session holding the locks, figure out what that session is doing and what the consequences of killing the session will be. If acceptable, kill the session.

    Gail Shaw
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
    SQL In The Wild: Discussions on DB performance with occasional diversions into recoverability

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