Is NOLOCK the default for SELECT statements in SQL Server 2005?

Question

I have only SQL Server 2008R2 installed though I need to communicate with customers having 2005.

[1] tells:

• \"NOLOCK

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Answer 1

Nope, as far as I know ROWLOCK is the default for SELECT statements in NORMAL cicumstances. Use something like SQL profiler to confirm it. Obviously various other circumstances will change the default locking strategy like whether you are in recovery mode and isolations levels etc etc.