title: What does table level locking locks during inserts in MySQL?
body: <p>I have read many times that MySQL will perform table level locks on MyISAM tables during inserts. It's OK with me if that lock is ment for serializing insert/delete commands only. Inserts are very infrequent on my website any way.</p>
  
  <p>But will that lock block all Select queries too until the insert command finishes?</p>