Exists

Exists( ref, [ts] )
Exists( ref, [ts] )
Exists( ref, [ts] )
Exists( ref, [ts] )
exists( ref, [ts]
exists  ref, [ts] )
Exists( ref, [ts] )
Exists( ref, [ts] )

Description

The Exists function returns boolean true if the provided ref exists at the specified timestamp (in the case of a document), or is non-empty (in the case of a set), and false otherwise.

Parameters

Argument Type Definition and Requirements

ref

Reference

The reference identifier within the database that uniquely identifies a document.

ts

Long

Optional - Existence of the ref is checked at the given Timestamp. Defaults to the current time.

Returns

A boolean value

Examples

The query below checks for the existence of a ref pointing at a document in the spells collection at value 181388642046968320L. Since this ref is present at the current time, true is returned.

curl https://db.fauna.com/ \
    -u fnAChGwBcAACAO70ziE0cfROosNJHdgBmJU1PgpL: \
    -d '{ "exists": { "@ref": "classes/spells/181388642046968320" } }'
client.Query(Exists(Ref(Collection("spells"), "181388642046968320")));
System.out.println(
       client.query(
               Exists(Ref(
                       Collection("spells"),
                       Value(181388642046968320L)
                       )
               )
       ).get());
result, _ := client.Query(
    f.Exists(f.RefCollection(f.Collection("spells"), "181388642046968320")),
)

fmt.Println(result)
client.query(Exists(Ref(Collection("spells"), "181388642046968320")))
client.query(q.exists(q.ref(q.collection("spells"), "181388642046968320")))
$client.query do
  exists ref(collection('spells'), '181388642046968320')
end
client.query(
    Exists(Ref(Collection("spells"), "181388642046968320"))
)
client.query(
  q.Exists(
    q.Ref(q.Collection("spells"), "181388642046968320")
  )
)
.then((ret) => console.log(ret));
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
{ "resource": true }
true
true
true
true
true
true
true
true

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