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WAITFOR

Short Description

Occurs as a result of a WAITFOR Transact-SQL statement. The duration of the wait is determined by the parameters to the statement. This is a user-initiated wait.

Detailed Description​

As stated, this is a wait specifically asked for by the user.

How to reduce this wait​

This wait is not usually seen - check the code to see if someone has left the WAITFOR statement in by mistake.

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