>>I'm trying to get an server side ADO Recordset from an Oracle table with the LockType = adLockPessimistic, but it does not work. Can I not do this with Oracle?
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>As a side note, in a multiuser application you should avoid the use of server side cursors for updating data because of server overload.

Thanks. This app runs multiple sessions of itself unattended. I need to lock records to ensure that the each record is only processed once.