• Ninja's_RGR'us (8/17/2010)


    Here's a very crud way for solving the problem once in a while.

    exec sp_who2

    Look at the blocked by column. That will list the spid that is most likely blocking everyone else.

    then run KILL <put spid here>.

    Then rerun sp_who2 again to see if the lock is resolved. Sometimes you need to do this 2-3 times.

    For blocking. Not for deadlocks.

    Gail Shaw
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