locking mechanism

• HendraEP

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  December 4, 2001 at 8:03 pm

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  what is a standard locking mechanism in sql server 2000? is it a pagelock or a rowlock ?

  and if i access sql server from client side application ( like vb ), what locking mechanism it's used? because as far as i know the lowest locking mechanism in vb is pagelock

• Steve Jones - SSC Editor

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  December 4, 2001 at 10:32 pm

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  SQL 2000 will use the lowest lock it thinks it needs. For a single row insert, this will be a row lock. For multi rows, it might be a page, range, or table lock.

  Steve Jones

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