Re: [Semediawiki-user] Removing duplicate properties from search

[Jani P. <jpa...@ik...>]

Dan Bolser wrote:
> Good question! If SMW had a FAQ, I bet that would be one!
>   

I'd be delighted to add it to Help:Displaying information, but for
unexplained reasons the SMW wiki doesn't appear to allow anon edits or
account creation...

> It would be convenient if SRF had a 'unique' results format, but in
> any case you can use sask to get the unique list:
> http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:SemanticQueryFormTool
>   

Thanks!  Will take a look.

> What I really miss is the equivalent of "SELECT Place, COUNT(*) FROM
> bunch GROUP BY Place"... does anyone know if sask supports that?
>   

Coincidentally enough, here's my present identi.ca status, written about
1 hr before I saw your response:
<http://identi.ca/jpatokal>
"jpatokal is exploring the weird world of semantic !mediawiki. screw
inline #ask syntax, i want an sql parser for this sucker..."

Seriously, has anyone tried building an SQL engine for SMW, perhaps even
by exposing and simplifying the actual SQL used internally by SMW?  
Given that most SMW queries boil down to relational operators, it would
seem to be very well suited to the task and would also lower the bar of
entry for us developer types.

Cheers,
-jani