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LDC-Q4010 — The question body holds a clause the language does not know

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# LDC-Q4010 — The question body holds a clause the language does not know

## What it means

The body of a question over a package is a fixed list of parts: names
introduced with their kinds, the conditions, the return values, and an
optional attached case. A part that matches none of these stops the
question, and the engine quotes the part it could not place.

Rewrite the part as one of the known ones, or drop it when it does not
belong. The remaining parts stay as written.

## Example

```lawql
query q over "demo.diagnostics" { for x: Applicant; orderby x; where resident(x); select resident(x); }
```

## Fix

```lawql
from r in rules select r
```

## Engine message

The engine reports this in its own wording:

```text
LDC-Q4010: unknown query-over clause 'orderby x'.
```

## Related

- [Questions to the engine](/constructs/queries/) — the shape of a question over a package.
- [LDC-Q4011](/diagnostics/LDC-Q4011/) — when a required part is absent.