First (query directive)

Latest revision as of 10:57, 21 August 2009

[edit] Description

Returns the first or the first N rows of specified directive. May return less than specified number of rows if the inner directive does not return that many rows.

[edit] Constructor

First(Directive directive) - Returns the first row of directive.

First(int count, Directive directive) - Returns the first count rows of directive

[edit] Examples

importPackage(org.wandora.query2);
new If(
  new BaseName().where("#DEFAULT","!=",null),
  new BaseName(),
  new First(new SubjectIdentifiers())
)
.from(new Instances())

This returns the base names of the instances of the input topic or the first subject identifier if the base name is not defined.