[Developers] Python query not working?

[Chris Mahon]

Right gotcha, makes sense now :)

Out of interest, does the query on the link I provided limit the amount of
results it will return or does it return everything?

On Tue, Jul 22, 2008 at 3:26 PM, Christopher R. Maden <crism at metaweb.com>
wrote:

> Chris Mahon wrote:
> > Right ok, so do I still put the {} brackets before and after or do I
> > simple do this?
> >
> > query = [...query here...]
>
> Short answer is to do what you show: query = [...]
>
> However, it's important to note that the square brackets don't
> *surround* the query; they are *part of* the query.
>
> The important part in freebase-python is the call to mqlread().
>
> If you are looking for a single object:
>
> result = mss.mqlread( { constraints } )
>
> If you are looking for multiple objects:
>
> results = mss.mqlread( [ { constraints } ] )
>
> E.g.:
>
> sting = mss.mqlread( { "type" : "/music/artist",
>                        "name" : "Sting",
>                        "id" : None } )
>
> smiths = mss.mqlread( [ { "type" : "/music/artist",
>                           "name" : "Robert Smith",
>                           "id" : None } ] )
>
> [As a note, it is generally a bad idea to assume that a name-based query
> is going to have a single result, as the freebase-python sample, and my
> Sting example above, do.  If a Freebase user adds another instance of
> the same name, all your code will break.  Unless your query is
> ID-constrained, you are better off looking for multiple results all the
> time.]
>
> ~Chris
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