Meta functions

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

meta::id

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

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"

meta::tb

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

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"