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  • SQL Server Version Store Growing

    SQL Server Version Store Growing

    Enabling Read Committed Snapshot Isolation (RCSI) or snapshot isolation on a database changes the locking behaviour from that of SQL Server’s default, Read Committed isolation. With RCSI or Snapshot Isolation enabled, readers no longer block writers and vice versa, though writers can still block writers. This is implemented by creating and using a version store…

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  • Triggers use the version store

    Triggers use the version store

    Here’s one I stumbled across recently – I was monitoring tempdb space and could see some version store usage on a database that did not have snapshot or Read Committed Snapshot Isolation enabled, I was puzzled by this, but eventually found the answer. What is the Version Store? As a quick primer, the version store…

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