Okay,
yahoo says on this page
[color="#FF0000"]http://developer.yahoo.com/yql/guide/select-chapt.html
that to access public data without the need for authorization and is wide open I use YQL URL's of this format
http://query.yahooapis.com/v1/public/yql?q=[command]
now on this page
http://developer.yahoo.com/yql/guide/data-sets.html
yahoo says that data sets with an asterix next to them are available using the public URL for YQL. The mybloglog data set is
mybloglog

* mybloglog.community.find*
* mybloglog.member *
* mybloglog.member.contacts *
* mybloglog.member.newwithcontacts *
* mybloglog.member.newwithme *
* mybloglog.members.find *
* mybloglog.stats.find
This clearly states that mybloglog.member is a publicly available aspect of the mybloglog data set which I should be able to access without authorization, in a totally free environment
When I go to the yahoo query language console
http://developer.yahoo.com/yql/console/
I click the mybloglog data table in the lower right panel and then click the mybloglog member button. This REST Query comes up
http://query.yahooapis.com/v1/public/yql?q=select%20*%20from%20mybloglog.member%20where%20member_id%20in%20(select%20id%20from%20mybloglog.members.find%20where%20guid%3Dme)&format=xml
And, in the formatted view the information is displayed. But, when I post the REST URL into the browser address, this comes as the XML
<error yahoo:lang="en-US">
−
<diagnostics>
<publiclyCallable>true</publiclyCallable>
</diagnostics>
−
<description>
Cannot authenticate user to fetch value of 'me'. You need to be logged in for this query
</description>
</error>
−
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Now, i don't understand how it is publicly callable yet authentification is needed?
Is this a bug, or what. Please Help me. From yahoo's own stated logic, this should not happen.