SQL Server 2008: SELECT FOR UPDATE

Question

I have seen a question on here about this however it was old so I will ask again in case a solution now exists.

My issue is this. I have a database table which I wi

Answer 1

You should wrap your processes in a transaction, and set the transaction isolation level appropriately (ie: Serializable)

SET TRANSACTION ISOLATION LEVEL SERIALIZABLE
BEGIN TRAN
     UPDATE yourtable...
     -- process 1
COMMIT TRAN

and

SET TRANSACTION ISOLATION LEVEL SERIALIZABLE
BEGIN TRAN
     UPDATE yourtable...
    -- process 2
COMMIT TRAN

This behaviour has been in SQL Server since time immemorial.

Other transaction isolation levels are available.