#this needs to handle mysql as well as Pg, like svc_acct.pm
#(make it into a common function if folks need to do batching with mysql)
$dbh->do("LOCK TABLE pay_batch IN SHARE ROW EXCLUSIVE MODE")
#this needs to handle mysql as well as Pg, like svc_acct.pm
#(make it into a common function if folks need to do batching with mysql)
$dbh->do("LOCK TABLE pay_batch IN SHARE ROW EXCLUSIVE MODE")