Look for exclusive lock in these documents. It may give you some ideas:
http://www.sql-server-performance.com/rd_table_hints.asphttp://www.databasejournal.com/features/mssql/article.php/3289661>Hi William, what I'm trying to do is get exclusive access to a SQL table , in Foxpro I used to use Fopen() to try to open a dbf and if it failed I knew someone had the table open, I don't think I can achieve this in SQL server, thanks very much for your efforts and if I find a way I will post back
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