connection node_2; connection node_1; CREATE TABLE t1 (f1 BLOB) ENGINE=InnoDB; INSERT INTO t1 VALUES (NULL),('abc'); connection node_2; SELECT f1 FROM t1; f1 NULL abc DELETE FROM t1 WHERE f1 IS NULL; UPDATE t1 SET f1 = 'xyz' WHERE f1 = 'abc'; connection node_1; SELECT COUNT(*) = 1 FROM t1; COUNT(*) = 1 1 SELECT f1 = 'abc' FROM t1; f1 = 'abc' 0 connection node_1; CREATE TABLE t2 (f1 BLOB) ENGINE=InnoDB; INSERT INTO t2 VALUES (NULL); SET AUTOCOMMIT=OFF; START TRANSACTION; UPDATE t2 SET f1 = 'abc' WHERE f1 IS NULL; connection node_2; SET AUTOCOMMIT=OFF; START TRANSACTION; UPDATE t2 SET f1 = 'xyz' WHERE f1 IS NULL; connection node_1; COMMIT; connection node_2; COMMIT; ERROR 40001: Deadlock found when trying to get lock; try restarting transaction DROP TABLE t1; DROP TABLE t2;