On Sat, Nov 10, 2007 at 09:13:07AM -0500, Baron Schwartz wrote:
> I heard a rumor that InnoDB locks only the rows it needs in MySQL 5.1 when
> row-based replication and READ COMMITTED are used. I'm not able to verify
> this change with 5.1.22, though. Is it slated for a future version?
This was fixed for UPDATE statements in response to Bug #3300, by
introducing "semi-consistent reads". You can enable the feature
by setting the variable innodb_locks_unsafe_for_binlog. However,
please note that Bug #31494 is still open.
Best regards,
Marko Mäkelä
Innobase Oy/Oracle Corp.
