geode-docs/developing/query_additional/querying-a-specific-member.html.md.erb

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title: Querying a Specific Member
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When a region is specified with both REPLICATE and REPLICATE_PROXY region shortcuts on the server, a
query could return a different result depending on the member on which it is executed.

Here is an example to illustrate this:

``` pre
gfsh>connect --locator "localhost[64570]"
Connecting to Locator at [host=localhost, port=64570] ..
Connecting to Manager at [host=localhost, port=20571] ..
Successfully connected to: [host=localhost, port=20571]

gfsh>describe region --name "portfolio"
Name            : portfolio
Data Policy     : replicate
Hosting Members : server-2

Non-Default Attributes Shared By Hosting Members

Type   | Name        | Value
------ | ----------- | ---------------
Region | data-policy | REPLICATE
       | size        | 10
       | scope       | distributed-ack

Name             : portfolio
Data Policy      : empty
Accessor Members : server-1

Non-Default Attributes Shared By Accessor Members

Type   | Name        | Value
------ | ----------- | ---------------
Region | data-policy | EMPTY
       | size        | 0
       | scope       | distributed-ack
```

In this example, if the query is executed on a member with REPLICATE_PROXY, the result will be `0`, as it will be a member without hosting data.
To cope with this issue, you can specify the `--member` option forcing the query to be run on a member hosting the data.

``` pre
gfsh>query --query="select ID, status from /portfolio where ID < 2"
Result : true
Limit : 100
Rows  : 0

gfsh>query --query="select ID, status from /portfolio where ID < 2" --member="server-2"
Result : true
Limit  : 100
Rows   : 2

ID | status
–- | --------
0  | active
1  | inactive (edited)
```