CREATE TABLE t1 ( pkey int NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY, c int ) ENGINE=InnoDB; INSERT INTO t1 VALUES(1,1); CREATE TABLE t2 ( pkey int NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY, c int ) ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1; INSERT INTO t2 VALUES (2, NULL); CREATE TABLE t3 (c int) engine = InnoDB; INSERT INTO t3 VALUES (10), (20), (30), (40), (50); connect con1, localhost,root,,; connection default; START TRANSACTION; UPDATE t3 SET c=c+1000; SELECT * FROM t1 FOR UPDATE; pkey c 1 1 connection con1; START TRANSACTION; DELETE FROM t2 WHERE c NOT IN (SELECT ref_0.pkey FROM t1 AS ref_0 INNER JOIN t1 AS ref_1 ON ref_0.c = ref_0.pkey); connection default; SELECT * FROM t2 FOR UPDATE; pkey c 2 NULL COMMIT; connection con1; ERROR 40001: Deadlock found when trying to get lock; try restarting transaction COMMIT; connection default; START TRANSACTION; UPDATE t3 SET c=c+1000; SELECT * FROM t1 FOR UPDATE; pkey c 1 1 connection con1; START TRANSACTION; UPDATE t2 SET pkey=pkey+10 WHERE c NOT IN (SELECT ref_0.pkey FROM t1 AS ref_0 INNER JOIN t1 AS ref_1 ON ref_0.c = ref_0.pkey); connection default; SELECT * FROM t2 FOR UPDATE; pkey c 2 NULL COMMIT; connection con1; ERROR 40001: Deadlock found when trying to get lock; try restarting transaction COMMIT; disconnect con1; connection default; DROP TABLE t1,t2,t3;