> >>> No SELECT IS ever locked in Firebird, you've been told that
> >>> a few times now.
> >> How about SELECT...FOR UPDATE WITH LOCK
> >>
> >> ?
> >
> > Right, I'll rephrase, "no plain select is ..." ;-)
> >
> > Either way, I don't think such a select would lock out other
> > readers, but would only lock for other updaters?
>
> It will lock other readers as well. ;-)

Hm, nasty.

:-)

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