2.4 How to Fix Blocking Waits (LCK%)

In the blocking, locking, and deadlocking modules in Mastering Index Tuning and Mastering Query Tuning, I covered how to fix those problems with index & query changes. Another solution is to make database-level changes like the default isolation level or offloading reads to another server with techniques like log shipping, replication, or Availability Groups.

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