From 19f35b32123362e5f824b4fd0b376c3ccc7a3bf6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: salmonumbrella <182032677+salmonumbrella@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sun, 15 Feb 2026 00:16:15 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] fix: handle leading not clauses in datalog query generation
 (#138)

---
 src/utils/fireQuery.ts | 13 ++++++++-----
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/utils/fireQuery.ts b/src/utils/fireQuery.ts
index 5ba742ba..9bd28125 100644
--- a/src/utils/fireQuery.ts
+++ b/src/utils/fireQuery.ts
@@ -248,16 +248,19 @@ export const getDatalogQuery = ({
   );
   const find = definedSelections.map((p) => p.pull).join("\n  ");
   const where = whereClauses.map((c) => compileDatalog(c, 1)).join("\n");
+  const shouldBindLeadingNotClause =
+    !!whereClauses.length &&
+    (whereClauses[0].type === "not-clause" ||
+      whereClauses[0].type === "not-join-clause");
+  const leadingWhereBinding = shouldBindLeadingNotClause
+    ? `  [?${returnNode} :block/uid _]\n`
+    : "";
   return {
     query: `[:find\n  ${find}\n${
       expectedInputs.length
         ? `  :in $ ${expectedInputs.map((i) => `?${i}`).join(" ")}\n`
         : ""
-    }:where\n${
-      whereClauses.length === 1 && whereClauses[0].type === "not-clause"
-        ? `[?node :block/uid _]`
-        : ""
-    }${where}\n]`,
+    }:where\n${leadingWhereBinding}${where}\n]`,
     formatResult: (result: unknown[]) =>
       definedSelections
         .map((c, i) => (prev: QueryResult) => {