diff --git a/modules/ROOT/pages/clauses/call.adoc b/modules/ROOT/pages/clauses/call.adoc index 3001023a0..caa311fca 100644 --- a/modules/ROOT/pages/clauses/call.adoc +++ b/modules/ROOT/pages/clauses/call.adoc @@ -189,6 +189,8 @@ CALL db.labels() YIELD * If the procedure has deprecated return columns, those columns are also returned. Note that `YIELD *` is only valid in standalone procedure calls. +Variables must be explicitly named in a `YIELD` clause if other clauses than a single procedure `CALL` are present. +This restriction simplifies query logic and protects against output variables from the procedure accidentally clashing with other query variables. For example, the following is not valid: .Not allowed @@ -204,7 +206,7 @@ RETURN count(*) AS results ==== `YIELD` can be used to filter for specific results. -This requires knowing the names of the arguments within a procedure's signature, which can either be found in the link:{neo4j-docs-base-uri}/operations-manual/current/reference/procedures/[Operations Manual -> Procedures] or returned by a `SHOW PROCEDURES` query. +This requires knowing the names of the arguments within a procedure's signature, which can either be found in the link:{neo4j-docs-base-uri}/operations-manual/current/reference/procedures/[Operations Manual -> Procedures] or in the `signature` column returned by a `SHOW PROCEDURES` command (see example below). .Find the argument names of `db.propertyKeys` [source, cypher]