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SQL Server Deadlock Log Entries

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Problem

We're analysing a deadlock situation on a SQL Server 2005 database and have set the trace flags 1204 and 1222.

In the resulting logs we're seeing the following line repeatedly:

"Log Viewer could not read information for this log entry. Cause: Data is Null. This method or property cannot be called on Null values."

Can anyone tell me what's likely to be causing this? There's nothing particularly wrong with the queries that I can see (they're generated by Hibernate so are a bit messy and full of aliases but are fundamentally sound).

Is it something I need to worry about or something that can be ignored?

Solution

Probably just a client (SSMS) issue rendering the error log.

xp_readerrorlog will make it easier to parse the deadlock entries from the error log and bypass the display bug.

Context

StackExchange Database Administrators Q#9593, answer score: 3

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