Microsoft® SQL Server 2008 R2 Unleashed

Lock Granularity Hints

You can use to override lock granularity:

• ROWLOCK—You can use this option to force the Lock Manager to place a row-level lock on a resource instead of a page-level or a table-level lock. You can use this option in conjunction with the XLOCK lock type hint to force exclusive row locks.

• PAGLOCK—You can use this option to force a page-level lock on a resource instead of a row-level or table-level lock. You can use this option in conjunction with the XLOCK lock type hint to force exclusive page locks.

• TABLOCK—You can use this option to force a table-level lock instead of a row-level or page-level lock. You can use this option in conjunction with the HOLDLOCK table hint to hold the table lock until the end of the transaction. ...