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!CHAPTER How to invoke AQL
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!SECTION Executing queries
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You can run AQL queries from your application via the HTTP REST API. The full
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API description is available at [HTTP Interface for AQL Query Cursors](../HttpAqlQueryCursor/README.md).
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You can also run AQL queries from arangosh. To do so, you can use the *_query* method
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of the *db* object. This will run the specified query in the context of the currently
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You can also run AQL queries from arangosh.
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!SECTION Executing queries from Arangosh
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!SUBSECTION with db._query
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One can execute queries with the *_query* method of the *db* object.
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This will run the specified query in the context of the currently
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selected database and return the query results in a cursor. The results of the cursor
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can be printed using its *toArray* method:
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@END_EXAMPLE_ARANGOSH_OUTPUT
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@endDocuBlock 01_workWithAQL_all
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!SUBSUBSECTION db._query Bind parameters
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To pass bind parameters into a query, they can be specified as second argument to the
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*_query* method:
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@END_EXAMPLE_ARANGOSH_OUTPUT
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@endDocuBlock 02_workWithAQL_bindValues
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!SUBSUBSECTION ES6 template strings
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It is also possible to use ES6 template strings for generating AQL queries. There is
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a template string generator function named *aqlQuery*:
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contains an extra *RETURN* statement). When not using a *RETURN* statement in the query, the
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*toArray* method will return an empty array.
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!SUBSUBSECTION Statistics
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It is always possible to retrieve statistics for a query with the *getExtra* method:
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@startDocuBlockInline 03_workWithAQL_getExtra
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The meaning of the statistics values is described in [Execution statistics](QueryStatistics.md).
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!SUBSECTION with _createStatement (ArangoStatement)
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The *_query* method is a shorthand for creating an ArangoStatement object,
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executing it and iterating over the resulting cursor. If more control over the
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result set iteration is needed, it is recommended to first create an
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@END_EXAMPLE_ARANGOSH_OUTPUT
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@endDocuBlock 05_workWithAQL_statements2
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This has executed the query. The query results are available in a cursor
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now. The cursor can return all its results at once using the *toArray* method.
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!SUBSUBSECTION Cursors
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Once the query executed the query results are available in a cursor.
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The cursor can return all its results at once using the *toArray* method.
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This is a short-cut that you can use if you want to access the full result
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set without iterating over it yourself.
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@END_EXAMPLE_ARANGOSH_OUTPUT
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@endDocuBlock 05_workWithAQL_statements3
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Cursors can also be used to iterate over the result set document-by-document.
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To do so, use the *hasNext* and *next* methods of the cursor:
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Additionally, the iteration can be done in a forward-only fashion. There is no
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backwards iteration or random access to elements in a cursor.
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!SUBSUBSECTION ArangoStatement parameters binding
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To execute an AQL query using bind parameters, you need to create a statement first
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and then bind the parameters to it before execution:
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@END_EXAMPLE_ARANGOSH_OUTPUT
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@endDocuBlock 05_workWithAQL_statements8
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!SUBSUBSECTION Counting with a cursor
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Cursors also optionally provide the total number of results. By default, they do not.
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To make the server return the total number of results, you may set the *count* attribute to
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