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The GData protocol restricts the usage of the q parameter
to full text search queries (see
http://code.google.com/apis/gdata/protocol.html).
The Google Base query language extends the syntax specified
for the "q" parameter in a conservative way, but in general "bq"
queries cannot be used with other GData APIs. Thus, we made
the decision to introduce a separate parameter for expressing
typed attribute queries that are specific to the Google Base
data model. This is also consistent with other Google services,
in which "q" is typically used for full-text queries only.
== Matthias
On 8/24/06, RichB <rbir...@gmail.com> wrote:
I don't understand why the Base team went with a bq parameter for
"structured queries" rather than just using the normal q parameter that
every other gdata service uses.
Is there something I'm missing?
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