Question

I’m writing a stored proc in SQL Server 2008. The following code:

SELECT      @LastAccessed = cs.LastAccessed
FROM        [int].ClientSessions AS cs INNER JOIN
            dbo.Profiles AS p ON cs.ProfileID = p.ProfileID
WITH        (XLOCK, ROWLOCK)
WHERE       (p.ClientID = @ClientID)

…won’t compile, stating a syntax error at XLOCK.

If I remove the INNER JOIN statement (which is impossible because I need the join), then it’s fine with the XLOCK. I don’t see what the issue is.

Note: I only want to lock the [int].ClientSessions table, so I realize this may not be the best approach.

Answer 1

You have to put the WITH (XLOCK, ROWLOCK) after the as cs/ as p statement.

Something like

SELECT      @LastAccessed = cs.LastAccessed 
FROM        [int].ClientSessions AS cs WITH (XLOCK, ROWLOCK) INNER JOIN 
            dbo.Profiles AS p ON cs.ProfileID = p.ProfileID 
WHERE       (p.ClientID = @ClientID)

Have a look at Table Hints (Transact-SQL)