Re: Row locks in DB2/400 UDB

If you do 
        DECLARE CURSOR cursor FOR SELECT field    .....   For UPDATE OF 
field
        OPEN cursor
        FETCH FROM cursor ... INTO var 
        var = var + 1
        UPDATE field = var .... WHERE CURRENT OF cursor

the row will be locked between FETCH and UPDATE at any isolation level.

    Alexei Pytel
always speaking for myself





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All

Is there a way to lock a row in DB2/400 UDB SQL without using commitment 
control? 

We have a table that holds the 'next sequence number'.  Whenever several 
processes access the table, we end up with a scenario like:

  program A accesses the table and grabs 
    the next counter number (counter number = 50)
 
  program B accesses the table and grabs 
    the next counter number (counter number = 50)
 
  program B adds one to the counter 
    number, and updates the table (counter number = 51)
 
  program A adds one to the counter 
    number, and updates the table (counter number = 51)
 
Now, there are two transactions with an identical sequence number.

We're doing a simple select to fetch the sequence number, and we are not 
using commitment control.

Any suggestions?

Thanks

-Doc
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