Use No Lock (-NL) to have all record retrieval statements default to NO-LOCK record access.

Operating system and syntax UNIX / Windows -NL
Use with Maximum value Minimum value Single-user default Multi-user default
Client Session — — — —

If a session is started with -NL, then NO-LOCK is applied to record retrieval statements (such as FOR, FIND, and static queries opened with OPEN QUERY) during the compilation of any source code containing those statements. For dynamic built-in methods that retrieve records, -NL must be specified at runtime since the compilation of such record retrieval is done when the methods execute.

When a transaction ends, EXCLUSIVE locks are downgraded to SHARE-LOCK, regardless of the -NL parameter.