SELECT FOR UPDATE with SQL Server

Question

I\'m using a Microsoft SQL Server 2005 database with isolation level READ_COMMITTED and READ_COMMITTED_SNAPSHOT=ON.

Now I want to use:

Answer 1

perhaps making mvcc permanent could solve it (as opposed to specific batch only: SET TRANSACTION ISOLATION LEVEL SNAPSHOT):

ALTER DATABASE yourDbNameHere SET READ_COMMITTED_SNAPSHOT ON;

[EDIT: October 14]

After reading this: Better concurrency in Oracle than SQL Server? and this: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms175095.aspx

When the READ_COMMITTED_SNAPSHOT database option is set ON, the mechanisms used to support the option are activated immediately. When setting the READ_COMMITTED_SNAPSHOT option, only the connection executing the ALTER DATABASE command is allowed in the database. There must be no other open connection in the database until ALTER DATABASE is complete. The database does not have to be in single-user mode.

i've come to conclusion that you need to set two flags in order to activate mssql's MVCC permanently on a given database:

ALTER DATABASE yourDbNameHere SET ALLOW_SNAPSHOT_ISOLATION ON;
ALTER DATABASE yourDbNameHere SET READ_COMMITTED_SNAPSHOT ON;