INF: Table Locking De-Escalation

Last reviewed: April 25, 1997
Article ID: Q45643

The information in this article applies to:

  - Microsoft SQL Server version 4.2 for OS/2

If SQL Server escalates to table locking because so many individual pages are locked that it is more efficient to lock the entire table, it returns to page-level locking when the locks can be freed at the end of the transaction (whether a COMMIT or ROLLBACK).

Additional query words:
Keywords : kbother SSrvServer
Version : 4.2
Platform : OS/2

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Last reviewed: April 25, 1997
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