How to catch what caused deadlock?

  • We have deadlock intermittently. How do I catch what caused the deadlock?

    Many thanks in advance.

  • Switch traceflag 1222 on. That will result in a deadlock graph been written to the error log every time a deadlock occurs.

    DBCC TRACEON(1222,-1)

    Or, since you're on SQL 2008, check the extended events system health session

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