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Posted - 2005-04-14 : 08:08:03
Jay writes "i have a table with ordernum as one of the columns. it is a identity column. i have 5 users accessing this table at the same time. when they retrieve the top 1 ordernum where one of the fields match a criteria, they all get the same record. how do i lock a record from within a select statement, i have tried "WITH (readpast,xlock)" and WITH (holdlock,rowlock) but it is not working.
please help"

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Posted - 2005-04-15 : 02:25:49
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Originally posted by AskSQLTeam

Jay writes "i have a table with ordernum as one of the columns. it is a identity column. i have 5 users accessing this table at the same time. when they retrieve the top 1 ordernum where one of the fields match a criteria, they all get the same record. how do i lock a record from within a select statement, i have tried "WITH (readpast,xlock)" and WITH (holdlock,rowlock) but it is not working.
please help"



is it safe to ask, why are you trying to lock the record in a select statement?

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