According to the docs (http://dev.mysql.com/doc/mysql/en/LOCK_TABLES.html) : If a thread obtains a READ lock on a table, that thread (and all other threads) can only read from the table. If a thread obtains a WRITE lock on a table, only the thread holding the lock can read from or write to the table. Other threads are blocked.
So, I've got two threads going (T1, T2). T1 issues LOCK TABLES transtest WRITE; But when I go to T2, I can still issue: SELECT * FROM transtest; and retrieve all the data. I CANNOT update, so I know the command is at least partially working. As I understand it, I'm supposed to see a message from T2 that says something about "This table has been locked with the LOCK TABLES command." It is an InnoDB table, if that matters. Thanks, Lou
