Comments on: Taking locks without doing SELECT WITH UPDLOCK http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/sql-server/taking-locks-without-doing-select-with-updlock/ Tue, 07 May 2013 13:39:52 +0000 hourly 1 By: SQLSoldier http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/sql-server/taking-locks-without-doing-select-with-updlock/#comment-1069 SQLSoldier Tue, 07 Jun 2011 22:53:33 +0000 http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/sql-server/taking-locks-without-doing-select-with-updlock/#comment-1069 This method will generate 0 I/O’s and will take a table lock that gets held for the duration of transaction:

[CODE]Checkpoint;
DBCC DROPCLEANBUFFERS
GO
SET STATISTICS IO ON
GO
BEGIN TRAN
SELECT *
FROM Sales.SalesOrderDetail WITH (tabLOCK, holdlock)
Where 1 = 2

Select *
from sys.dm_tran_locks
Where request_session_id = @@SPID
/*Business Logic*/
COMMIT
GO [/CODE]

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