is it possible to lock selected columns in a mysql table, example table1 with columns: col1, col2, where col1 would be locked and now updating can be made while col2 is open for updates
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is it possible to lock selected columns in a mysql table, example table1 with columns: col1, col2, where col1 would be locked and now updating can be made while col2 is open for updates
It sounds like what you want is to prevent values in col1 from being updated. If that’s the case, then you might want to look into using a UPDATE trigger with BEFORE UPDATE clause on table1 and implement the logic that would only allow updating values in col2 but not col1 in that trigger.