Using LOCK TABLE

You use the LOCK TABLE statement to lock the whole database tables in the specified lock mode so that you can share or deny the access to them. For illustration, the statement below locks the emp table in the row share mode. The Row share locks permit concurrent access to the table; they avoid other users from locking the whole table for the restricted use. The Table locks are released when your transaction issues a commit or rollback.

LOCK TABLE emp IN ROW SHARE MODE NOWAIT;

The lock mode determines what other locks can be located on the table. For illustration, many users can obtain the row share locks on the table at the same time, excluding only one user at a time can obtain an exclusive lock. Whereas one user has an exclusive lock on the table, no other users can insert, delete, and update rows in that table.