May 2005
Intermediate to advanced
352 pages
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RELEASE_LOCK( )
RELEASE_LOCK(string)This function releases a lock created by GET_LOCK(). The name of the lock is given in parentheses. If
successful, 1 is returned; if unsuccessful, 0 is returned. If the
lock specified does not exist, NULL is returned.
SELECT RELEASE_LOCK('my_lock');
+-------------------------+
| RELEASE_LOCK('my_lock') |
+-------------------------+
| 1 |
+-------------------------+As an alternative to using
SELECT, you can use DO; no
results are returned.
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