Category Locking

• Read Committed Snapshot and Snapshot Isolation (46 minutes)

  5 Lessonsin Locking

  

  Learn why Read Committed Snapshot Isolation (RCSI) and Snapshot Isolation levels are critical for scaling workloads in SQL Server.

• Read Committed is Bonkers - Webcast Recording (46 minutes)

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  See how easy it is for your users to get incorrect data under SQL Server's default isolation level - and start out on the path to fixing your queries.

• Snapshot Isolation Against Availability Group Secondaries (28 minutes)

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  See automatic isolation level escalation in action, as we query a readable secondary in an Always On Availability Group.

• Defuse the Deadlock SQLChallenge (23 minutes)

  3 Lessonsin Locking, SQLChallenges

  

  Sharpen your skills at fighting blocking and index design by defusing this deadlock.

• The Dirty Secrets of NOLOCK (50 minutes)

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  What happens when you use NOLOCK hints in your code, or set your isolation level to READ UNCOMMITTED in SQL Server? Learn the dirty secrets and potential uses of NOLOCK.

• Repeatable Read and Serializable Isolation Levels (45 minutes)

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  Learn the tradeoffs you make if you choose serializable or repeatable read with disk based tables.