function db_lock_table

6.x database.pgsql.inc db_lock_table($table)
6.x database.mysqli.inc db_lock_table($table)
6.x database.mysql.inc db_lock_table($table)

Lock a table.

Related topics

Database abstraction layer
Allow the use of different database servers using the same code base.

File

drupal-6.x/includes/database.mysqli.inc, line 335
Database interface code for MySQL database servers using the mysqli client libraries. mysqli is included in PHP 5 by default and allows developers to use the advanced features of MySQL 4.1.x, 5.0.x and beyond.

Code

function db_lock_table($table) {
  db_query('LOCK TABLES {' . db_escape_table($table) . '} WRITE');
}