Avoid Locking Conflicts

By Bill Graziano on 18 September 2000 | Tags: Locking

SQL Server uses locking to protect multiple transactions from trampling one another. This is a critical feature for any multiuser database system. It's also a necessary one if you want to provide concurrency between multiple transactions. High concurrency means many users can experience good response time with little conflict from other users.

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