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SET DEADLOCK_PRIORITY HIGH;BEGIN TRANSACTION;— Your critical transaction code hereUPDATE Orders SET Status = ‘Processed’ WHERE OrderID = 12345;COMMIT TRANSACTION; Or set a lower priority for… Read More »SET DEADLOCK_PRIORITY
Today Microsoft released a new update for SQL Server. SQL Server 2025 CU2 for 2025 (17.0.4015.4- February 2026) 2026-02-12 Here are the latest updates for… Read More »New SQL Update from Microsoft
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