Is there a way to Get existing data + Subscribe to...
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eliezedeck
06/02/2017, 2:06 AMIs there a way to Get existing data + Subscribe to new ones? I noticed the subscription first shows nothing and waits for changes
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nilan
06/02/2017, 9:22 AM@eliezedeck you need to combine a query with a subscription 🙂
nilan
06/02/2017, 9:23 AMit's being done here as well: https://demo.graph.cool/worldchat/
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eliezedeck
06/02/2017, 1:19 PMSorry @nilan, I'm new to this whole GraphQL thing. So, if I understand, I have to run 2 separate commands, right? First is plain query, second is subscription.
eliezedeck
06/02/2017, 1:22 PMWouldn't that pose a race problem? There is a possibility of an event that could be missed between sending the first query and second subscription command. This is one of the use case that RethinkDB tackled right before it's first shutdown.
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nilan
06/04/2017, 9:34 AM@eliecerthoms the race condition can be circumvented by first doing the subscription and then running the query