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SQL Tact

Archives: January 2012

Actual Emails: Is "NOLOCK is the epitome of evil?"

Sent: Friday, January 20, 2012 10:30 AM
To: William Assaf
Subject: dba has a question

William,

Can you send me references to support my contention that NOLOCK is the epitome of evil?

That is, that it can return invalid and/or unrelated data.

He is still suggesting that folks use NOLOCK…

2 comments, 3,168 reads

Posted in SQL Tact on 21 January 2012