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Question: Locking Reads

Explore how to apply locking reads in MySQL to protect specific rows from concurrent updates during transactions. Learn to start and manage transactions that maintain data stability using explicit locking hints, commit or rollback changes, and observe concurrency effects through practical exercises.

Question

Given the following structure of the Orders table:

Field

Type

OrderID

int

CustomerID

int

OrderDate

date

TotalAmount

decimal(10,2)

ShippedDate

date

DeliveryStatus

enum('Pending','Shipped','Delivered','Cancelled')

EmployeeID

int

CreatedAt

timestamp

ExpectedDeliveryDate

date

ActualDeliveryDate

date

LateDelivery

tinyint(1)

PaymentMethod

enum('Credit Card','PayPal','Cash on Delivery')

ReturnCount

int

FraudRisk

tinyint(1)

Where, OrderID is the primary key and CustomerID is the foreign key from the Customers table referring to the customer who placed the order. The table contains information about the orders placed.

While locking reads help maintain data integrity, they can also reduce concurrency by blocking other transactions. Locking behavior depends on the isolation level (for example, READ COMMITTED, REPEATABLE ...