Error `NO_KIND_SPECIFIED`

[prashast]

If I follow through with running analyses using codeql cli as given here:https://help.semmle.com/codeql/codeql-cli/procedures/analyze-codeql-database.html

I end up with a similar error as reported here: #2486 if I run any of the queries located here https://github.com/Semmle/ql/tree/master/cpp/ql/examples/snippets The reason for this is a missing @kind parameter which is necessary when using database analyze subcommands.

I can make a PR fixing this in the snippets if you let me know what is the appropriate @kind parameter to add to these snippets. Unless of course these snippets are not intended to be used with database analyze

[jbj]

#2486 (comment) and the discussion around it can hopefully answer your question about whether database analyze is the right subcommand for your use case. If it is, you likely want @kind problem, where your select satisfies its column format requirements: a source-code element in the first column and a string in the second. See https://codeql.github.com/docs/writing-codeql-queries/metadata-for-codeql-queries/ for more details on query metadata.