lorenzo.kh, Monday, July 29, 2002, 11:59:49 AM, you wrote: lk> I have a question regard the table locking. lk> Let say there is a table ,mytablename type=MyISAM in my database. lk> And lets say there are 2 users who are currently log in.
lk> First user locks a table write: lk> mysql> lock tables mytablename write; lk> Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.00 sec) lk> Then,second user wishes to query something from mytablename. lk> mysql>select * from mytablename; lk> ...........................(pending or in a queue)... lk> I know that the second query will be pending untill the 1-st user issues the lk> "unlock tables" command. lk> So,i am wondering is it the second query will be waiting there 'forever' if lk> the 1-st user 'never' issue the "unlock tables" command? lk> Or is there any method maybe like 'waiting_timeout' that I can set.If the waiting time > 'variable' second,then the query will automatically be lk> deleted.... For the INSERT DELAYED you can set up variable delayed_insert_timeout: http://www.mysql.com/doc/S/H/SHOW_VARIABLES.html -- For technical support contracts, goto https://order.mysql.com/?ref=ensita This email is sponsored by Ensita.net http://www.ensita.net/ __ ___ ___ ____ __ / |/ /_ __/ __/ __ \/ / Egor Egorov / /|_/ / // /\ \/ /_/ / /__ [EMAIL PROTECTED] /_/ /_/\_, /___/\___\_\___/ MySQL AB / Ensita.net <___/ www.mysql.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php