apoc.lock.relsProcedure
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This procedure is not considered safe to run from multiple threads. It is therefore not supported by the parallel runtime. For more information, see the Cypher Manual → Parallel runtime. |
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Description |
Acquires a write lock on the given |
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Input arguments |
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The list of relationships to acquire a write lock on. |
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Example
Given this dataset:
CREATE (:Person {name: 'Alice'})-[:KNOWS {since: 2019}]->(:Person {name: 'Bob'})The following query acquires a write lock on a relationship before updating its property, preventing other transactions from reading or writing it until this transaction completes:
MATCH ()-[r:KNOWS]->()
CALL apoc.lock.rels([r])
SET r.since = 2020
RETURN r.since AS since| since |
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2020 |
Unlike a write lock, a read lock allows other concurrent transactions to also acquire read locks on the same relationship.
Only write locks - such as those required for SET or DELETE - are blocked.