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SearchOpenSource: Sybase ASE on Linux: Getting Rid of Database Deadlocks

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Aug 24, 2006

“A deadlock can occur in Sybase Adaptive Server Enterprise (ASE)
when two user processes each have a lock on a separate page or
table and each wants to acquire a lock on the same page or table
held by the other process. The transaction with the least
accumulated CPU time is killed and all of its work is rolled
back.

“There are ways to avoid deadlocks…”


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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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