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Question: Table Locks with LOCK TABLES

Explore how to apply table-level read locks using LOCK TABLES in MySQL to perform safe consistency checks. Learn to detect orphaned rows in related tables while observing concurrency behavior to protect data integrity during maintenance tasks.

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.

Also, the following structure of the Order_Details table:

Field

Type

OrderDetailID

int

OrderID

int

ProductID

int

Quantity

int

TotalItemPrice

decimal(10,2)

Where, OrderDetailID is the primary key, OrderID is the foreign key from the Order table, and ProductID is the foreign key from the Products table. The table contains information about orders. Each row in the table represents a product included in a specific order (i.e., if a product appears multiple times, it has been ordered multiple times across different orders).

During a one-time ...