Lock Row of a Table using SQL

How to lock a particular row of a table using SQL?

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krishnaindia2007
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Jun 20th, 2008

INSERT , UPDATE, DELETE operations implicity lock rows of a table that satisfies the condition.

Explicitly you may lock a table using for update of as follows

SELECT * FROM EMP
WHERE EMPNO = 7369
FOR UPDATE OF SAL NOWAIT

It will lock single row of emp table having employee number 7369.