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Execution of sequential delete and uncommitted read

We are running the following queries using dynamic SQL, which is erroring out for few cases when we run concurrent instances. The error is: Could not continue scan with NOLOCK due to data ...
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SQL Server Select Count READ_COMMITTED_SNAPSHOT QUESTION

I seem to be getting a lot of deadlocks when doing select count(*) on a particular table. I have already changed all the required parameters and made them into row only locking. I've also changed the ...
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Are SQL Server Database writes slower with Snapshot Isolation?

I have a lot of deadlocks going on in my system. I would like to use Snapshot Isolation to fix them, but my DBA has reserves about it. One of his concerns is that Snapshot Isolation slows down ...
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Does the transaction isolation level affect indices as well?

Here's one for the SQL Server gurus: if I set my SQL Server 2008 transaction isolation level to READ UNCOMMITTED, does that also affect the index pages? E.g. using ISOLATION LEVEL READ UNCOMMITTED, ...
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What effect does serializable isolation level have on DDL-statements?

I'm using Red Gate SQL Compare to create a release script based on differences between SVN and a database. This results in a script containing a bunch of table- and procedure-changes and it works ...