[Developers] reordering history

[Kurt Bollacker]

On Sun, Aug 05, 2007 at 03:09:44PM -0700, Fabricio Zuardi wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I am new to freebase, and this is probably a stupid question, but
> since on the page history there is no log of reordering of values, my
> question is:

You questions are not stupid at all.  In fact, they are very relevant
to MQL, and you have not missed something obvious.
 
> - do freebase keeps track of all reordering changes?

Deep in the bowels of the database, yes.  All changes are tracked.

> - if so, how can I retrieve it using MQL?

In most normal cases this is not currently supported by MQL.  This is
why the history page can't show it, as it uses MQL like every other
app in Freebase.  It is possible to get some of the history through
clever examination of the timestamps and history for a set of
properties but this is probably too painful for most purposes.

We are aware of this as a missing feature, but since the ordering
history information is in the database, when/if support is added to
MQL, the history should be viewable retroactive to the beginning.
Someone else may be able to give you more details.

Hope that helps...						Kurt :-)