In SQL Server, how can I lock a single row in a way similar to Oracle's “SELECT FOR UPDATE WAIT”?

Question

I have a program that connects to an Oracle database and performs operations on it. I now want to adapt that program to also support an SQL Server database.

In the O

Answer 1

Have you tried WITH (ROWLOCK)?

BEGIN TRAN

   UPDATE your_table WITH (ROWLOCK)
   SET your_field = a_value
   WHERE 

COMMIT TRAN