Method and apparatus for locking by sharing lock states. Each resource or object has an associated lock state (that may be cached) comprised of transactions that own a lock in a specific mode for the resource. Several resources may share the same lock state. In one embodiment of the invention, a table...http://www.google.fr/patents/US6182186?utm_source=gb-gplus-shareBrevet US6182186 - Method and apparatus that utilizes lock states to lock resources
Method and apparatus that utilizes lock states to lock resources