Does Oracle update lock table or row?

Does an update lock a table?

Think of it this way -- It locks every row it had to look at. No index on the column -- It had to check every row, so all rows are locked. That effectively locks the entire table. UNIQUE index on the column -- Only one row need be touched, hence, locked.

Does SELECT for update lock whole table?

The SELECT FOR UPDATE statement is used to order transactions by controlling concurrent access to one or more rows of a table. It works by locking the rows returned by a selection query, such that other transactions trying to access those rows are forced to wait for the transaction that locked the rows to finish.

What causes table locks in Oracle?

Locks can be acquired at both the table and sub-partition level with partitioned tables in Oracle. A transaction acquires a table lock when a table is modified in the following DML statements: INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE, SELECT with the FOR UPDATE clause, and LOCK TABLE.

What is row level locking in Oracle?

Row-level locks are primarily used to prevent two transactions from modifying the same row. When a transaction needs to modify a row, a row lock is acquired. There is no limit to the number of row locks held by a statement or transaction, and Oracle does not escalate locks from the row level to a coarser granularity.