Open a ticket and we will look to include it. The problem is that not all databases support it.
On Friday, 12 October 2012 20:47:06 UTC-5, vince wrote: > > oh db.executesql, thx. > > will we have any table locking implement on web2py? say an option to lock > all queried table read only until commit? > > On Thursday, October 11, 2012 9:32:14 PM UTC+8, Massimo Di Pierro wrote: >> >> You can try: >> >> db.executesql('LOCK TABLE tablename READ;') >> >> >> http://aarklondatabasetrivia.blogspot.com/2009/04/how-to-lock-and-unlock-tables-in-mysql.html >> >> >> On Thursday, 11 October 2012 01:44:14 UTC-5, vince wrote: >>> >>> can i lock a table as readonly during the transaction? the case is i >>> need to insert a record to table B which is base on the query result of >>> table A, i would like to lock table A as readonly until i finish the insert. >>> >>> i am using mysql at the moment. i know web2py may not have this feature, >>> what is the best way to use mysql's 'lock table' on web2py? >>> >>> thanks in advance, >>> vince >>> >> --