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I need to investigate a series of blocks and deadlocks that have been occurring randomly on our SQL 2008 server. I am the main developer on the site and do not have a DBA to lean on...

I am planning on using the Blocked Process Report in 2005 and enabling a trace.

What performace issues can I expect? The DB server is for a website with moderate traffic and I want to minimize the impact the trace will cause.

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use Event Notification method. it works in 2005 and 2008. it doesn't present any perf problem for detecting deadlocks

Mladen Prajdic