Activity › Forums › Salesforce® Discussions › Why database.queryLocator is used in Salesforce? Salesforce® Discussions Why database.queryLocator is used in Salesforce? Posted by Anjali on March 3, 2020 at 2:12 PM Why database.queryLocator is used in Salesforce? Ayush replied 6 years, 2 months ago 2 Members · 1 Reply 1 Reply Ayush Member March 3, 2020 at 2:21 PM Database. QueryLocator : when used the governor limit for the total number of records retrieved by SOQL queries is bypassed. Log In to reply. Public All Members My Connections Only Me PublicAll MembersMy ConnectionsOnly Me Public All Members My Connections Only Me