Query blocks that contain multiple references

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Hi there,

I want to list all the blocks from my journal that contain hashtags x, z, y but not older than 2 weeks

I am trying but I just can’t make it work… maybe someone else can spot the mistake.

In this snippet, I am using “personal-feedback” as one of the hashtags

#+BEGIN_QUERY
{
  :query [
    :find (pull ?h [*])
    :in $ ?start ?today
    :where
      [?h :block/page ?p]
      [?h :block/path-ref ?ref]
      [?p :page/journal-day ?d]
      [?ref :block/name "personal-feedback"]
      [(>= ?d ?start)]
      [(<= ?d ?today)]
  ]
  :inputs [:14d-before :today]
  :collapsed? false
}
#+END_QUERY
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Ok so I am not the expert here. Also I’m at my phone so can’t test it properly but I believe you can just duplicate the line with the ?ref variable.

In practice you can just add a couple of lines to state it should equal other values as well.

 [?ref :block/name "personal-feedback"]
 [?ref :block/name "personal-improvement"]
 [?ref :block/name "justice-for-kittens"]

Apologies if I’m remembering it wrong :grimacing:

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Each different value should have its own variable, e.g.:

 [?h :block/path-refs ?ref1]
 [?h :block/path-refs ?ref2]
 [?h :block/path-refs ?ref3]
 [?ref1 :block/name "personal-feedback"]
 [?ref2 :block/name "personal-improvement"]
 [?ref3 :block/name "justice-for-kittens"]
  • What does work partially so far?
    • What is returned or not returned from this query or from earlier attempts?
  • What blocks fail the filter?
    • They should appear but they don’t.
    • They should not appear but they do.
  • Do you use :block/path-ref and :collapsed? consciously or are they “random” ideas from other queries?
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I am now debugging and noticed that the :block/name already doesn’t work for me…

#+BEGIN_QUERY
{
  :query [
    :find (pull ?h [*])
    :where
      [?h :block/page ?p]
      [?h :block/path-ref ?ref]
      [?p :page/journal-day ?d]
      [?ref :block/name "personal-feedback"]
  ]
  :collapsed? false
}
#+END_QUERY

this is what I have right now but it doesn’t provide any results.
I have set up a few tests in journal pages where I just wrote “personal-feedback” “[[personal-feedback]]” but none of them get picked up. also indents shouldn’t matter no? I have some of these test-contents on top level and some as indents.

Do you use :block/path-ref and :collapsed? consciously or are they “random” ideas from other queries?

random ideas I think :sweat_smile:

5

Correct :block/path-ref to :block/path-refs (or just :block/refs for that matter).

6

I actually got it to work with a different syntax:

{{query (and (and [[xyz]] [[personal-feedback]]) (between -2w today))}}

This syntax is from the query click editor. Whats the deal with the two different query syntax options? is one of them legacy?

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  • The other syntax is known as advanced queries.
    • They support the full range of query features.
  • The “query click editor” produces what is known as simple queries.
    • These ones can achieve only a small subset of what is possible with advanced queries.
    • They are provided for relative convenience of users.
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