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Lock Objects

former_member694066 — Wed, 05 Aug 2020 07:00:06 GMT

Lock object is for transaction or table? Is it for value or for what?

Re: Lock Objects

matt — Wed, 05 Aug 2020 08:16:49 GMT

I suggest you read the online documentation. And there are probably explanatory blogs around as well. Even some tutorials.

Re: Lock Objects

MateuszAdamus — Wed, 05 Aug 2020 08:18:07 GMT

Hello nayana_n

Here's a bit of basic information about it from SAP Help portal: https://help.sap.com/saphelp_scm50/helpdata/en/41/7af4c5a79e11d1950f0000e82de14a/content.htm?no_cache=true

Kind regards,
Mateusz

Re: Lock Objects

Former Member — Wed, 05 Aug 2020 09:02:23 GMT

Hi Nayana N,

Lock Objects is for table and can be created via SE11.

Lock objects are used in SAP to avoid the inconsistency when data is inserted into or changed in the database.

Regards,

Re: Lock Objects

former_member1716 — Wed, 05 Aug 2020 11:32:07 GMT

nayana_n,

Lock objects are specific for tables to avoid data inconsistency. There are many blogs and documentation for the same. You can start with you can refer below SAP Documentation.

Regards!

Re: Lock Objects

matt — Wed, 05 Aug 2020 14:50:37 GMT

Not entirely accurate. You can create a lock object for a structure if you want. They can be used for other purposes than table locking. Search here for "how to ensure a program is only run once at a time".

The SAP documentation here is not complete.

Re: Lock Objects

Sandra_Rossi — Wed, 05 Aug 2020 15:35:56 GMT

"A lock object is a virtual link of several SAP tables which is used to synchronize simultaneous access by two users to the same set of data."

Oooh, can't they say it clearly!? 🙂

For instance:

"A lock object is used to prevent two users from modifying the same data at the same time."

Re: Lock Objects

prabhu_04 — Tue, 18 Aug 2020 14:47:54 GMT

Lock object is used to avoid concurrent access of multiple users on the same database.

Mainly we use locking Table, Transaction,etc..