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

Create a fake update to enforce the rowlock.

UPDATE  (ROWLOCK) SET  =  WHERE id=1

If that's not locking your row, god knows what will.

After this "UPDATE" you can do your SELECT (ROWLOCK) and subsequent updates.