>Hi,
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>Do you know of a method to lock a row or a small table in SQL Server from VFP application? Such that if the connection handle is lost, after a while, the SQL Server releases the lock?
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>TIA

In SQL Server, there's no simple easy method like there is in VFP (such as RLOCK(), FLOCK(), set exclusive on, etc.)

SQL Server has isolation levels - some of which perform locking (READ COMMITTED, REPEATABLE READ, SERIALIZABLE) and some that don't (SNAPSHOT...which uses row versioning instead)

SQL Server also has a SELECT WITH (UPDLOCK), but you have to be very careful on your indexing or you risk trying to lock more rows that you intended.

This sounds like a cliche', but it's important to understand your entire strategy (workflow-wise) when doing this in SQL Server.