Faye<br><br>Again, thanks, but I'm aware of the power of property name prefixes in MQL to combine constraints and queries etc. You're absolutely right that the insertion of a prefix on one of the name property references does make the query behave as expected, but still isn't it mildly curious how it behaves without the prefix?<br>
<br>Thanks,<br>Michael<br> <br><br><div class="gmail_quote">2009/5/8 Faye Harris <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:faye@metaweb.com">faye@metaweb.com</a>></span><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Hi Michael,<br>
<br>
This works:<br>
<br>
<a href="http://www.freebase.com/api/service/mqlread?query=%7B%22query%22:%7B%22limit%22:1,%22type%22%20:%22/people/person%22,%22name%22:%22Samuel%20Adams%22,%22a:name%22:null,%22id%22%20:%20null%7D%7D" target="_blank">http://www.freebase.com/api/service/mqlread?query={%22query%22:{%22limit%22:1,%22type%22%20:%22/people/person%22,%22name%22:%22Samuel%20Adams%22,%22a:name%22:null,%22id%22%20:%20null}}</a><br>
<br>
Your query has two "name:value" pairs. Add an arbitrary property prefix<br>
to the second one, so the new query is:<br>
<div class="im"><br>
{"query":{"limit":1,"type" :"/people/person","name":"Samuel<br>
</div>Adams","a:name":null,"id" : null}}<br>
<br>
-- Faye<br>
<div class="im"><br>
<br>
Michael Callaghan wrote:<br>
> Kirrily<br>
><br>
> <a href="http://www.freebase.com/api/service/mqlread?query=%7B%22query%22:%7B%22limit%22:1,%22type%22%20:%22/people/person%22,%22name%22:%22Samuel%20Adams%22,%22name%22:null,%22id%22%20:%20null%7D%7D" target="_blank">http://www.freebase.com/api/service/mqlread?query={%22query%22:{%22limit%22:1,%22type%22%20:%22/people/person%22,%22name%22:%22Samuel%20Adams%22,%22name%22:null,%22id%22%20:%20null}}</a><br>
</div>> <<a href="http://www.freebase.com/api/service/mqlread?query=%7B%22query%22:%7B%22limit%22:1,%22type%22%20:%22/people/person%22,%22name%22:%22Samuel%20Adams%22,%22name%22:null,%22id%22%20:%20null%7D%7D" target="_blank">http://www.freebase.com/api/service/mqlread?query=%7B%22query%22:%7B%22limit%22:1,%22type%22%20:%22/people/person%22,%22name%22:%22Samuel%20Adams%22,%22name%22:null,%22id%22%20:%20null%7D%7D</a>><br>
<div class="im">><br>
> Thanks for the numbers.<br>
><br>
> As for the query, I just tried the above on a different computer and<br>
> good ol' Jack Abramoff came back ... (Note, it's the mqlread service<br>
> and not the queryeditor as in your link)<br>
><br>
> Michael<br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
</div>> 2009/5/8 Kirrily Robert <<a href="mailto:kirrily@metaweb.com">kirrily@metaweb.com</a> <mailto:<a href="mailto:kirrily@metaweb.com">kirrily@metaweb.com</a>>><br>
<div class="im">><br>
> On 08/05/2009, at 9:54 AM, Michael Callaghan wrote:<br>
><br>
> > {"query":{"limit":1,"type" :"/people/person","name":"Samuel<br>
> > Adams","name":null,"id" : null}<br>
><br>
><br>
> Looks OK to me:<br>
> <a href="http://www.freebase.com/app/queryeditor?q=%7B%22limit" target="_blank">http://www.freebase.com/app/queryeditor?q={%22limit</a><br>
</div>> <<a href="http://www.freebase.com/app/queryeditor?q=%7B%22limit" target="_blank">http://www.freebase.com/app/queryeditor?q=%7B%22limit</a>><br>
<div class="im">> %22%3A%201%2C%20%22type%22%3A%20%22%2Fpeople%2Fperson%22%2C%20%22name<br>
> %22%3A%20%22Samuel%20Adams%22%2C%20%22ns0%3Aname%22%3A%20null%2C<br>
> %20%22id%22%3A%20null%20}<br>
><br>
> Wrt API overuse, just FYI, our limit is 100,000 queries per day. "A<br>
> few thousand" shouldn't affect you.<br>
><br>
> K.<br>
><br>
> --<br>
> Kirrily Robert<br>
> Freebase Community Director<br>
</div>> <a href="mailto:kirrily@metaweb.com">kirrily@metaweb.com</a> <mailto:<a href="mailto:kirrily@metaweb.com">kirrily@metaweb.com</a>><br>
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