The Difference Between Lock Wait Timeout and Deadlock

09/12/18 If you use ACID transactional databases, you’ve probably heard of lock wait timeouts and deadlocks. What are these? And how are they different? Inevitably, many of us will come across these phenomena at some point. Most databases use locking strategies to make sure data ... The post The Difference Between Lock Wait Timeout and Deadlock appeared first on SolarWinds Blog.