How to lock a column not the enire row ?

From: Salaheldin Aboali <saboali_at_mis-kuwait.com>
Date: Mon, 21 Apr 2003 07:21:51 -0800
Message-ID: <F001.00585C49.20030421072151@fatcity.com>

hi all,

I remember that oracle has ability to lock not just the entire row, but a specific column in this row. How to do this ?

When I use:
"SELECT <column>
  FROM <table>
  FOR UPDATE OF <column>"
the entire row is locked so, how to lock a column not the enire row ?

Regards,
Salaheldin Aboali

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