ESA JWST ADQL example queries

New observations

Use case: I want to retrieve all the observations that were modified or ingested from a certain date, the newest observations listed first.

Target table: jwst.observation

Query:
SELECT observationid, maxlastmodified
FROM jwst.observation
WHERE maxlastmodified > '2020-10-01'
ORDER BY maxlastmodified DESC

Observations in a time range

Use case: I want to retrieve all the observations that were modified or ingested between two dates, the newest observations listed first.

Target table: jwst.observation

Query:
SELECT observationid, maxlastmodified
FROM jwst.observation
WHERE maxlastmodified > '2020-10-01'
AND maxlastmodified < '2020-11-01'
ORDER BY maxlastmodified DESC