In some case, the schema defines an array type. but the predicate effectively return a single object。 here is an examples： columns is an one to many type, so ~columns is an many to one type。 <columns>: [uid] @reverse . { root(func: eq(name, "id"), first:2) { table:~columns{ dgraph.typ…

How to return a single object for an array type

MichelDiz (Michel Diz) January 6, 2020, 9:33pm 2

This isn’t possible. I think there is a Github issue for this. But it is recommended that you do it in your business logic.

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