Re: How to isolate the result of SELECT's?

On Sun, Mar 18, 2012 at 6:33 PM, Andre Lopes <lopes80andre(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I need to do an operation that I will use some SELECT's and get the
> results, but I want to have sure that those tables have not been
> changed with INSERT's or UPDATES during the operation.
>
> Example:
>
> BEGIN OPERATION
> Select field from table1;
> ...
> Select other_field from table2;
> ...
> END OPERATION
>
> How can I lock these tables to assure that the tables are not getting
> INSERTS's or UPDATE's during the operation?
>
> Best Regards,\
>

Isn't that what 'begin transaction' and 'commit' are for?
--
Mike Nolan