P.S. but I'd expect also that the message of the deadlock exception contain 'deadlock'...
Thank you, Fred, in MVLocks mode it works as expected.
When I perform the same test but with two different tables, I'm getting the "transaction...
For the test: query 1 in connection A: update odd_table set column2 = 555 where column1...
HSQLDB hangs forever on a dead lock case