SQL Server table is locked

Question

I am trying to insert a record into a table, but I cannot. The execution never ends. I can do select though. I guess something locking my table? How can I find out what does it?

Thanks.

Answer 1

If you have the necessary permissions for the following, you can run then in SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) to find out the processes that are locking tables.

sp_who
sp_who2
sp_lock

Then you can KILL the process in question by taking the Process ID from 1 of the above SPs.

-- Kill Server process ID 123
KILL 123