Adaptive Server allows you to specify a lock wait period that determines how long a command will wait to acquire locks:
You can specify a time limit on waiting to obtain a table lock with the wait/nowait option of the lock table command.
During a session, you can use the set lock command to specify a lock wait period for all subsequent commands issued during the session.
The sp_configure parameter lock wait period, used with the session-level setting set lock wait nnn, is only applicable to user-defined tables. These settings have no influence on system tables.
Within a stored procedure, you can use the set lock command to specify a lock wait period for all subsequent commands issued within the stored procedure.
You can use the lock wait period option of sp_configure to set a Server-wide lock wait period.
