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<refentry id="glBeginQuery">
<refmeta>
<refmetainfo>
<copyright>
<year>2005</year>
<holder>Sams Publishing</holder>
</copyright>
</refmetainfo>
<refentrytitle>glBeginQuery</refentrytitle>
<manvolnum>3G</manvolnum>
</refmeta>
<refnamediv>
<refname>glBeginQuery</refname>
<refpurpose>delimit the boundaries of a query object</refpurpose>
</refnamediv>
<refsynopsisdiv><title>C Specification</title>
<funcsynopsis>
<funcprototype>
<funcdef>void <function>glBeginQuery</function></funcdef>
<paramdef>GLenum <parameter>target</parameter></paramdef>
<paramdef>GLuint <parameter>id</parameter></paramdef>
</funcprototype>
</funcsynopsis>
</refsynopsisdiv>
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<refsect1 id="parameters"><title>Parameters</title>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term><parameter>target</parameter></term>
<listitem>
<para>
Specifies the target type of query object established between
<function>glBeginQuery</function> and the subsequent <citerefentry><refentrytitle>glEndQuery</refentrytitle></citerefentry>.
The symbolic constant must be <constant>GL_SAMPLES_PASSED</constant>.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><parameter>id</parameter></term>
<listitem>
<para>
Specifies the name of a query object.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</refsect1>
<refsynopsisdiv><title>C Specification</title>
<funcsynopsis>
<funcprototype>
<funcdef>void <function>glEndQuery</function></funcdef>
<paramdef>GLenum <parameter>target</parameter></paramdef>
</funcprototype>
</funcsynopsis>
</refsynopsisdiv>
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<refsect1 id="parameters2"><title>Parameters</title>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term><parameter>target</parameter></term>
<listitem>
<para>
Specifies the target type of query object to be concluded.
The symbolic constant must be <constant>GL_SAMPLES_PASSED</constant>.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 id="description"><title>Description</title>
<para>
<function>glBeginQuery</function> and <citerefentry><refentrytitle>glEndQuery</refentrytitle></citerefentry> delimit the
boundaries of a query object. If a query object with name <parameter>id</parameter> does not yet exist it is created.
</para>
<para>
When <function>glBeginQuery</function> is executed, the query object's samples-passed counter is reset to 0. Subsequent
rendering will increment the counter once for every sample that passes the depth test. When <function>glEndQuery</function>
is executed, the samples-passed counter is assigned to the query object's result value. This value can be queried by
calling <citerefentry><refentrytitle>glGetQueryObject</refentrytitle></citerefentry> with <parameter>pname</parameter>
<constant>GL_QUERY_RESULT</constant>.
</para>
<para>
Querying the <constant>GL_QUERY_RESULT</constant> implicitly flushes the GL pipeline until the rendering delimited by the
query object has completed and the result is available. <constant>GL_QUERY_RESULT_AVAILABLE</constant> can be queried to
determine if the result is immediately available or if the rendering is not yet complete.
</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 id="notes"><title>Notes</title>
<para>
If the samples-passed count exceeds the maximum value representable in the number of available bits, as reported by
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>glGetQueryiv</refentrytitle></citerefentry> with <parameter>pname</parameter>
<constant>GL_QUERY_COUNTER_BITS</constant>, the count becomes undefined.
</para>
<para>
An implementation may support 0 bits in its samples-passed counter, in which case query results are always undefined
and essentially useless.
</para>
<para>
When <constant>GL_SAMPLE_BUFFERS</constant> is 0, the samples-passed counter will increment once for each fragment that passes
the depth test. When <constant>GL_SAMPLE_BUFFERS</constant> is 1, an implementation may either increment the samples-passed
counter individually for each sample of a fragment that passes the depth test, or it may choose to increment the counter for
all samples of a fragment if any one of them passes the depth test.
</para>
<para>
<function>glBeginQuery</function> and <citerefentry><refentrytitle>glEndQuery</refentrytitle></citerefentry>
are available only if the GL version is 1.5 or greater.
</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 id="errors"><title>Errors</title>
<para>
<constant>GL_INVALID_ENUM</constant> is generated if <parameter>target</parameter> is not <constant>GL_SAMPLES_PASSED</constant>.
</para>
<para>
<constant>GL_INVALID_OPERATION</constant> is generated if <function>glBeginQuery</function> is executed while
a query object of the same <parameter>target</parameter> is already active.
</para>
<para>
<constant>GL_INVALID_OPERATION</constant> is generated if <citerefentry><refentrytitle>glEndQuery</refentrytitle></citerefentry>
is executed when a query object of the same <parameter>target</parameter> is not active.
</para>
<para>
<constant>GL_INVALID_OPERATION</constant> is generated if <parameter>id</parameter> is 0.
</para>
<para>
<constant>GL_INVALID_OPERATION</constant> is generated if <parameter>id</parameter> is the name of an already active query object.
</para>
<para>
<constant>GL_INVALID_OPERATION</constant> is generated if <function>glBeginQuery</function> or
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>glEndQuery</refentrytitle></citerefentry> is executed between the execution of
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>glBegin</refentrytitle></citerefentry> and the corresponding execution of
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>glEnd</refentrytitle></citerefentry>.
</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 id="seealso"><title>See Also</title>
<para>
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>glDeleteQueries</refentrytitle></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>glGenQueries</refentrytitle></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>glGetQueryiv</refentrytitle></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>glGetQueryObject</refentrytitle></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>glIsQuery</refentrytitle></citerefentry>
</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 id="Copyright"><title>Copyright</title>
<para>
Copyright <trademark class="copyright"></trademark> 2005 Addison-Wesley.
This material may be distributed subject to the terms and conditions set forth in
the Open Publication License, v 1.0, 8 June 1999.
<ulink url="http://opencontent.org/openpub/">http://opencontent.org/openpub/</ulink>.
</para>
</refsect1>
</refentry>