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It is common to put the query as the first parameter behind <tt>#ask:</tt>. All other parameters are separated by <tt>|</tt>, just like for other [[meta:Help:Parser_function|parser functions]]. The exact formatting of the inline query is not essential, but it is good to use line breaks to make it more readable to other editors. As with all templates, one line per parameter, starting with the <tt>|</tt> is most accepted in practice.

It is common to put the query as the first parameter behind <tt>#ask:</tt>. All other parameters are separated by <tt>|</tt>, just like for other [http://semantic-mediawiki.org/wiki/meta:Help:Parser_function parser functions]. The exact formatting of the inline query is not essential, but it is good to use line breaks to make it more readable to other editors. As with all templates, one line per parameter, starting with the <tt>|</tt> is most accepted in practice.

Note that all the arguments to the #ask: function are ignored by the page parsing, hence the above example does not add a category or a «located in» property annotation to this page. A few more things to note are:

Note that all the arguments to the #ask: function are ignored by the page parsing, hence the above example does not add a category or a «located in» property annotation to this page. A few more things to note are:

* The format of the results display changes when you request display of additional properties.  SMW picks an appropriate default format for query results, but you also have detailed control of the appearance of query results.

* The format of the results display changes when you request display of additional properties.  SMW picks an appropriate default format for query results, but you also have detailed control of the appearance of query results.

Knowing the basics of [http://semantic-mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Selecting_pages query string] and [http://semantic-mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Displaying_information printout statements]] therefore is enough to write many kinds of queries. But there are many cases where the standard table output of a query may not be the best choice, or where further settings are desired (like the maximum number of results that should be displayed). For this purpose, inline queries have a number of other possible parameters that one can use to control their appearance in detail. The general syntax for <tt>#ask</tt> therefore is the following:

Knowing the basics of [http://semantic-mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Selecting_pages query string] and [http://semantic-mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Displaying_information printout statements] therefore is enough to write many kinds of queries. But there are many cases where the standard table output of a query may not be the best choice, or where further settings are desired (like the maximum number of results that should be displayed). For this purpose, inline queries have a number of other possible parameters that one can use to control their appearance in detail. The general syntax for <tt>#ask</tt> therefore is the following:

  <nowiki>{{</nowiki>#ask: <i>argument 1</i> | <i>argument 2</i> | &hellip; <nowiki>}}</nowiki>

  <nowiki>{{</nowiki>#ask: <i>argument 1</i> | <i>argument 2</i> | &hellip; <nowiki>}}</nowiki>