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AskSQLTeam
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 Posted - 2008-01-07 : 11:26:21
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Application locks aren't a well known area of locking in SQL Server, but they can be very useful for special scenarios. They work in a analogous way to the lock() construct in .Net andare basicaly user defined mutexes in SQL Server. Read Application Locks (or Mutexes) in SQL Server 2005 |
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kim98074
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Posted - 2009-08-28 : 19:36:24
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| Very good article. Very useful. I found that sp_getapplock will NOT work within a dotnet System.Transaction - even if it is also within a SQL transaction. It took me a while to figure that out. |
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spirit1
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Posted - 2010-11-24 : 16:29:33
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| define won't work. the sp_getapplock lock does NOT lock data. only blocks of code.___________________________________________________________________________Causing trouble since 1980Blog: http://weblogs.sqlteam.com/mladenpSpeed up SSMS development: www.ssmstoolspack.com <- version 1.9 out!SQL Server MVP |
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Article: Application Locks (or Mutexes) in SQL Server 2005