Pros & cons when used ROWLOCK in deletes.

Question

Could you please breif the pros & cons of both operations...
DELETE x FROM
dbo.table_a x WITH(ROWLOCK)
INNER JOIN dbo.table_b y WITH(NOLOCK) ON x.id=y.id
DELETE x FROM
dbo.table_a x WITH(NOLOCK)
INNER JOIN dbo.table_b y WITH(NOLOCK) ON x.id=y.id
Thank you.

Answer 1

Could you please breif the pros & cons of both operations...
DELETE x FROM
dbo.table_a x WITH(ROWLOCK)
INNER JOIN dbo.table_b y WITH(NOLOCK) ON x.id=y.id
DELETE x FROM
dbo.table_a x WITH(NOLOCK)
INNER JOIN dbo.table_b y WITH(NOLOCK) ON x.id=y.id
Thank you.
what pros and cons do you want. Table hints should mostly be avoided specially the NOLOCK hint it should never be used. Its bad coding.
The Rowlock is used to change locking behavior of SQL Server it would try to take ROW lock even if page lock is required.
The pros and cons would depend on scenario.
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