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Locks

qb includes a few methods to help you lock certain rows when executing select statements.
Note: For locks to work properly, they must be nested inside a transaction. qb does not handle any of the transaction lifecycle for you.

sharedLock

Name
Type
Required
Default
Description
No arguments
A shared lock prevents the selected rows from being modified until your transaction is committed.
QueryBuilder
query.from( "users" )
.where( "id", 1 )
.sharedLock();
MySQL
SQL Server
Postgres
Oracle
SELECT *
FROM `users`
WHERE `id` = ?
LOCK IN SHARE MODE
SELECT *
FROM [users] WITH (ROWLOCK,HOLDLOCK)
WHERE [id] = ?
SELECT *
FROM "users"
WHERE "id" = ?
FOR SHARE
LOCK TABLE "USERS"
IN SHARE MODE NOWAIT;
SELECT *
FROM "USERS"
WHERE "ID" = ?

lockForUpdate

Name
Type
Required
Default
Description
skipLocked
Boolean
false
false
A lock for update lock prevents the selected rows from being modified or selected with another shared lock until your transaction is committed.
The main difference between a sharedLock and lockForUpdate is that a lockForUpdate prevents other reads or selects as well as updates.
QueryBuilder
query.from( "users" )
.where( "id", 1 )
.lockForUpdate();
MySQL
SQL Server
Postgres
Oracle
SELECT *
FROM `users`
WHERE `id` = ?
FOR UPDATE
SELECT *
FROM [users] WITH (ROWLOCK,UPDLOCK,HOLDLOCK)
WHERE [id] = ?
SELECT *
FROM "users"
WHERE "id" = ?
FOR UPDATE
SELECT *
FROM "USERS"
WHERE "ID" = ?
FOR UPDATE
When using the skipLocked flag, the query will skip over locked records and only return and lock available records.
QueryBuilder
query.from( "users" )
.where( "id", 1 )
.lockForUpdate( skipLocked = true )
.orderBy( "id" )
.limit( 5 );
MySQL
SQL Server
Postgres
SELECT *
FROM `users`
WHERE `id` = ?
ORDER BY `id`
LIMIT 5
FOR UPDATE SKIP LOCKED
SELECT TOP 5 *
FROM [users] WITH (ROWLOCK,UPDLOCK,HOLDLOCK,READPAST)
WHERE [id] = ?
ORDER BY [id]
SELECT *
FROM "users"
WHERE "id" = ?
ORDER BY "id"
LIMIT 1
FOR UPDATE SKIP LOCKED

noLock

Name
Type
Required
Default
Description
No arguments
noLock will instruct your grammar to ignore any shared locks when executing the query.
Currently this only makes a difference in SQL Server grammars.
QueryBuilder
query.from( "users" )
.where( "id", 1 )
.noLock();
SQL Server
SELECT *
FROM [users] WITH (NOLOCK)
WHERE [id] = ?

lock

Name
Type
Required
Default
Description
value
string
true
The custom lock directive to add to the query.
The lock method will allow you to add a custom lock directive to your query. Think of it as the raw method for lock directives.
These lock directives vary from grammar to grammar.

clearLock

Name
Type
Required
Default
Description
No arguments
Clears any lock directive on the query.