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Zombie Spids – A true SQL Server horror story

February 11, 2026October 30, 2018 by Chantified Lens

Intro Since it’s Halloween this week I thought I would cover a true SQL Server horror story in this post, zombie spids. What are zombie spids? Well they are basically spids that continue to run and however you try to kill them whilst SQL Server is running they will not die. To avoid any confusion … Read more

Categories SQL Server Tags Halloween, SQL Server, Zombie spids 4 Comments

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