Peculiar Behavior with trace flag 1204 and 1222 (deadlock traces)

Question

I have noticed that any error using openquery whilst these trace flags are on will cause the sql server service to shut down.
If the trace flags are not running then we simply receive an error and the service will not shut down, any idea how we can prevent openquery errors from shutting the service down whilst we are monitoring for deadlocks using trace flags?
The log shows the following text "The MSSQLSERVER service terminated unexpectedly."
An example of code which will cause the above problem SELECT * FROM OPENQUERY(NONEXISTANTSERVER,'select * from dual')

Answer 1

Hello,
Use extended events instead of those trace flags. Please read the following articles:
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/sqlserverfaq/archive/2013/04/27/an-in-depth-look-at-sql-server-memory-part-2.aspx
http://www.sql-server-performance.com/2012/capture-sql-server-deadlocks-extended-events/
Hope this helps.
Regards,
Alberto Morillo
SQLCoffee.com
Hi yes this is what I did in the end, thanks