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# Which pages are requested? ([http://semantic-mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Selecting_pages query description])
# Which pages are requested? ([http://semantic-mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Selecting_pages query description])
# What information should be displayed about those pages? ([[Help:Displaying information|printout statements]])
# What information should be displayed about those pages? ([http://semantic-mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Displaying_information printout statements])
# How should the results be formatted within the page?
# How should the results be formatted within the page?
| <tt>sort</tt>
| <tt>sort</tt>
| property name or a list of property names separated by ,
| property name or a list of property names separated by ,
| name of properties to use for sorting queries (see [[Help:Selecting pages]])
| name of properties to use for sorting queries (see [http://semantic-mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Selecting_pages Selecting pages])
|-
|-
| <tt>order</tt>
| <tt>order</tt>
=== Sorting results ===
=== Sorting results ===
It has been explained in [[Help:Selecting pages]] that query results can be ordered by one or more properties. As explained there, [[Special:Ask]] has additional input fields to specify sort properties and ordering. In inline queries, sort properties are defined with the parameter <tt>sort</tt>, and the order can be set with the parameter <tt>order</tt>. The value of <tt>order</tt> should be «<tt>ascending</tt>» or «<tt>descending</tt>», or one of the short forms «asc» and «desc», or «reverse». You can also set the value to «<tt>random</tt>» (or «<tt>rand</tt>») for ordering results in an essentially random way (this feature can be disabled by the site administrator, see [[Help:Configuration|Configuration]]). An example is the following query for the three largest cities in Germany:
It has been explained in [http://semantic-mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Selecting_pages selecting pages] that query results can be ordered by one or more properties. As explained there, [[Special:Ask]] has additional input fields to specify sort properties and ordering. In inline queries, sort properties are defined with the parameter <tt>sort</tt>, and the order can be set with the parameter <tt>order</tt>. The value of <tt>order</tt> should be «<tt>ascending</tt>» or «<tt>descending</tt>», or one of the short forms «asc» and «desc», or «reverse». You can also set the value to «<tt>random</tt>» (or «<tt>rand</tt>») for ordering results in an essentially random way (this feature can be disabled by the site administrator, see [http://semantic-mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Configuration Configuration]). An example is the following query for the three largest cities in Germany:
<pre>{{#ask: [[Category:City]] [[Located in::Germany]]
<pre>{{#ask: [[Category:City]] [[Located in::Germany]]
== Using templates for custom formatting ==
== Using templates for custom formatting ==
Some of the above result formats support the use of wiki [[meta:Help:Template|template]] to fully control the display of an inline query. This works for the formats <tt>template</tt>, <tt>list</tt>, <tt>ol</tt> and <tt>ul</tt>. If a template is specified, all result «rows» are formatted using this template. The name of the template (without the initial «Template:») is given in the parameter <tt>template</tt>, so the query has the following general form:
Some of the above result formats support the use of wiki [http://semantic-mediawiki.org/wiki/meta:Help:Template template] to fully control the display of an inline query. This works for the formats <tt>template</tt>, <tt>list</tt>, <tt>ol</tt> and <tt>ul</tt>. If a template is specified, all result «rows» are formatted using this template. The name of the template (without the initial «Template:») is given in the parameter <tt>template</tt>, so the query has the following general form:
<nowiki>{{#ask:</nowiki> ... | format=template/list/ol/ul | template=''templatename'' }}
<nowiki>{{#ask:</nowiki> ... | format=template/list/ol/ul | template=''templatename'' }}