Re: Table Locking (Was: Best CPU config for a busy DB server)

[Rob Wultsch]

On Sat, May 10, 2008 at 4:24 PM, JW <jw@stripped> wrote:
>> Table locking will occur with MyISAM tables when any row(s) of the table is
>> being updated (Update,Delete,Insert,Load Data etc).
>> If you are only executing Select statements, then they can be executed in
>> parallel and won't be blocked.
>
>
> Just curious: you say "with MyISAM tables" - do any of the other table types
> (InnoDB, Falcon, etc) behave differently?
>
> Thanks,
>
>        JW

"When locks are necessary, InnoDB uses row-level locking."
MySQL 5.0 Certification Study Guide, page 419

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Rob Wultsch
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