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Soql Null Ordering Patterns

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Use when SOQL ORDER BY behavior with NULL values surprises a query — null records sorting before non-null, paginated results inconsistent across pages, NULLS FIRST/LAST clauses needed. Triggers: 'soql nulls first', 'soql null sort order', 'pagination missing records with null fields', 'order by skipping null records', 'consistent ordering with optional fields'. NOT for general SOQL optimization (use data/soql-query-optimization) or for ordering of relationship-traversed fields.

From the source SKILL.md

Activate when a SOQL query's ORDER BY behaves unexpectedly because of NULL values — null records appearing first when they should appear last, paginated results dropping records, or the same query returning records in a different order on subsequent runs. The skill produces a corrected ORDER BY clause, a pagination-stable cursor, and test data that reproduces the original surprise.

What this skill does

Soql Null Ordering Patterns is a community-contributed Claude Code skill in the general-misc sub-category. It ships as a SKILL.md file that Claude Code auto-discovers under ~/.claude/skills/soql-null-ordering-patterns/ and loads when your prompt matches the skill's trigger.

When to invoke it: Use when SOQL ORDER BY behavior with NULL values surprises a query — null records sorting before non-null, paginated results inconsistent across pages, NULLS FIRST/LAST clauses needed. Triggers: 'soql nulls first', 'soql null sort order', 'pagination missing records with null fields', 'order by skipping null records', 'consistent ordering with optional fields'.

Who uses this skill

The Soql Null Ordering Patterns skill is built for Claude Code users and developers across all disciplines looking for general-purpose AI assistance. It is part of the open ClaudSkills registry, a community-curated catalog of 56,000+ capabilities you can install for Claude Code — the Claude CLI agent.

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Manual install (2 steps)

mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills/soql-null-ordering-patterns
curl -L https://claudskills.com/skills/soql-null-ordering-patterns/SKILL.md \
  -o ~/.claude/skills/soql-null-ordering-patterns/SKILL.md

Or just download SKILL.md directly and drop it into ~/.claude/skills/soql-null-ordering-patterns/. Claude Code auto-discovers it on next session.

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