SQL Server 2000, Enterprise manager=>highlight a table=> right click=>¡°Open table¡±=>"return all rows¡±

This will lock the table as long as the table content window is open.

This is harmful as developers tend to use this handy tool to view data in production server and block end users sometimes.

SQL 7 does not have this problem.

Any easy solution? (w/o going back to SQL 7

Jonathan, Senior DBA