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dbplus_getlock() will request a write lock on the specified tuple. It will return zero on success or a non-zero error code, especially DBPLUS_ERR_WLOCKED, on failure.
See also dbplus_freelock(), dbplus_freerlocks(), and dbplus_freealllocks().