Guys,
I think I remember this from way back.
You could ask for a lock, and get an OK if it is safe.
Something like, if there is pending transactions, on your target tables,
you would get a NO.
But then again. I could be wrong, and Shawn is the authority on this.
On 2018-08-18 23:59, shawn l.green wrote:
Hello Jeff,
On 8/13/2018 12:05 PM, j...@lxvi.net wrote:
Hello, I have read through several pages of the reference manual, and
I've seen several instances where it is stated that LOCK TABLES (and
UNLOCK TABLES) is not allowed in a stored procedure, but so far, I
haven't found an explanation as to *why* that is. Could someone please
enlighten me?
Thanks
Normally, the list is more responsive than this. This is a pretty easy
question and someone usually handles those before I need to step in as
a backstop.
The key why you cannot execute a LOCK TABLE command within a stored
program is here:
https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.7/en/lock-tables-and-transactions.html
###
LOCK TABLES is not transaction-safe and implicitly commits any active
transaction before attempting to lock the tables.
###
Stored programs execute under the scope of the transaction in which
they are started. That determines which sets of rows are "visible" to
the routine and sets boundaries on what may be committed or rolled
back should the need arise.
(a simple example)
* your session: START TRANSACTION
* your session: ...other data activity ...
* your session (INSERT ... )
* causes an INSERT trigger to fire
* which calls a stored procedure
If that stored procedure or that trigger called a LOCK TABLE command,
it would forcibly COMMIT the existing transaction you had been working
within until that moment. Your half-completed work would have become
fully committed even if a later step had needed you to issue a
ROLLBACK command.
Note, even if you are not in a multi-statement transaction that any
stored programs called by or executed within the scope of your user
command are part of that little mini (auto-committed) transaction.
Does that help?
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