|  | Posted by Alex Kuznetsov on 06/26/07 17:36 
On Jun 26, 10:30 am, Altman <balt...@easy-automation.com> wrote:> On Jun 23, 4:10 am, Erland Sommarskog <esq...@sommarskog.se> wrote:
 >
 >
 >
 > > Oscar Santiesteban (o_santieste...@bellsouth.net) writes:
 > > > Try using
 > > > select * from table (NOLOCK)
 > > > where xxxx = xxxx
 > > > This will not lock the database as it reads.
 >
 > > This may on the other hand lead to that the query returns incorrect
 > > results, which may even more seroius. There are situations where NOLOCK
 > > is called for, but you need to understand the implications. If you
 > > don't - don't try it.
 >
 > > --
 > > Erland Sommarskog, SQL Server MVP, esq...@sommarskog.se
 >
 > > Books Online for SQL Server 2005 athttp://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/sql/2005/downloads/books...
 > > Books Online for SQL Server 2000 athttp://www.microsoft.com/sql/prodinfo/previousversions/books.mspx
 >
 > I Think that the nolock will work for me.  I understand the
 > implications and I think that my program will be able to handle it.
 > What I would've liked better was something like read committed but
 > didn't lock records.
 
 If you are on 2005, consider snapshot isolation.
 
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