Meta | SurrealDB

These functions can be used to retrieve specific metadata from a SurrealDB Record ID.

Note

These functions are deprecated. Prefer SurrealDB's record functions instead.

These functions can be used to retrieve specific metadata from a SurrealDB Record ID.

Function	Description
`meta::id()`	Extracts and returns the identifier from a SurrealDB Record ID
`meta::tb()`	Extracts and returns the table name from a SurrealDB Record ID

`meta::id`

The meta::id function extracts and returns the identifier from a SurrealDB Record ID.

API DEFINITION

meta::id(record) -> value

The following example shows this function, and its output, when used in a RETURN statement:

RETURN meta::id(person:tobie);

"tobie"

The meta::tb function extracts and returns the table name from a SurrealDB Record ID.

API DEFINITION

meta::tb(record) -> string

The following example shows this function, and its output, when used in a RETURN statement:

RETURN meta::tb(person:tobie);

"person"

This function can also be called using the path meta::table.

RETURN meta::table(person:tobie);

"person"