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With the SET LOCK_TIMEOUT option, it is possible to set the maximum amount of time that SQL Server allows a transaction to wait for the release of a blocked resource:

 Syntax   SET LOCK_TIMEOUT timeout_period


‘timeout_period’ indicates the number of milliseconds, while a value of -1 (the default) indicates no timeout period.

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