Hi Tom, ... you forgot to put the locking purpose: "write or read": Ex: "lock mytables write;"
Gelu ____________________________________________________________________ G.NET SOFTWARE COMPANY ----- Original Message ----- From: Tom Caruso <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, February 25, 2002 3:41 AM Subject: Error Locking Tables > Hello, > > I am using MySQL 3.23.47 under Windows 98 (mysql-opt) and I am having a strange problem. I issued the "LOCK TABLES <table_name>;" command at the command prompt and I got the following error: > > "ERROR 1064: You have an error in your SQL syntax near '' at line 1" > > The syntax looks correct to me as per the online documentation. Am I doing something wrong or must a parameter be set to facilitate locking tables? > > Thanks in advance for your help, > Tom > --------------------------------------------------------------------- Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php