[Developers] Postal code: surprising MQL time-out

[Arthur van Hoff]

That looks like a bug. If you remove the sort it works just fine...

> -----Original Message-----
> From: developers-bounces at freebase.com [mailto:developers-
> bounces at freebase.com] On Behalf Of Will Moffat
> Sent: Saturday, August 02, 2008 12:12 AM
> To: Freebase API and apps built on Freebase For discussions about MQL
> Subject: [Developers] Postal code: surprising MQL time-out
> 
> Hello,
> 
> Can anybody explain why this query times out?
> [
>    {
>      "*" : null,
>      "limit" : 1,
>      "sort" : "-timestamp",
>      "timestamp" : null,
>      "type" : "/location/postal_code"
>    }
> ]
> 
> It seems pretty innocent, "show me the info on the last postcode
> added
> to Freebase".
> 
> Removing the "*":null makes it work, but why does it time-out in the
> first place?
> 
> thanks,
> -Will
> 
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