connect (con1,localhost,root,,); connect (con2,localhost,root,,); flush status; show status like 'Table_lock%'; connection con1; SET SQL_LOG_BIN=0; drop table if exists t1; create table t1(n int) type=myisam; insert into t1 values(1); connection con2; lock tables t1 read; unlock tables; lock tables t1 read; connection con1; --send update t1 set n = 3; connection con2; sleep 0.5; unlock tables; connection con1; reap; show status like 'Table_lock%'; drop table t1;