How to deliberately cause a deadlock?

Question

So I\'m trying to track down what looks like a deadlock problem here. I\'ve enabled deadlock logging using DBCC TRACEON(1222,-1) and DBCC TRACEON(1204 ,-1). I\'d like to t

Answer 1

This should work:

• Insert two records, A and B.
  
• Open two transactions.
  
• Update record A in the first transaction and B in the second transaction.
  
• When you know for sure those updates are done:
  
  • Update record B in the first transaction and A in the second transaction.