Rest queries in SP2010 with $top and $skip

Question

I have been reading up on Rest queries for SP2010, but at the moment I dont have an enviroment to test on.

would these two queries return items 10-19 of the Example list?

var test1= siteUrl + "_vti_bin/ListData.svc/Example $skip=10&$top=10"

var test2= siteUrl + "_vti_bin/ListData.svc/Example(19) $skip=10"

if they both return items 10-19, which is the most efficient?

any tips on the easiest way of testing sp2010 compatible queries is appreciated

EDIT:

I was able to run tests at odata.org

I used this query: http://services.odata.org/OData/OData.svc/Products?$skip=2&$top=3

and the result was products 2,3 and 4. it skipped products 0 and 1.

that means that _vti_bin/ListData.svc/Example?$skip=10&$top=10 would return items 10-19

Answer 1

• When you request for a specific item (Example(19)) you can't use $skip or $top.
• The $skip and $top parameters must be passed in as querystrings.
• Remember to start at root path (/), so siteUrl must end with /.

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var siteUrl = "/somesite/";
var test1 = siteUrl + "_vti_bin/ListData.svc/Example?$skip=10&$top=10"
var test2 = siteUrl + "_vti_bin/ListData.svc/Example(19)"