From c8dfaaca64ac90f57cffb6c4d1633f476c933df7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Heiko=20Thei=C3=9Fen?= <heiko.theissen@sap.com>
Date: Mon, 24 Jun 2024 14:10:29 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] `$top` and `$skip` are numbers

---
 docs/odata-url-conventions/odata-url-conventions.html | 2 +-
 docs/odata-url-conventions/odata-url-conventions.md   | 3 ++-
 odata-url-conventions/4 Resource Path.md              | 3 ++-
 3 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/docs/odata-url-conventions/odata-url-conventions.html b/docs/odata-url-conventions/odata-url-conventions.html
index eb68ddd8..df65e9ee 100644
--- a/docs/odata-url-conventions/odata-url-conventions.html
+++ b/docs/odata-url-conventions/odata-url-conventions.html
@@ -1024,7 +1024,7 @@ <h2 id="417-passing-query-options-in-the-request-body"><a name="PassingQueryOpti
 <pre><code>GET http://host/service/People?
   $filter=LastName%20eq%20&#39;P%26G&#39;&amp;$select=FirstName,LastName</code></pre>
 </div>
-<p>With <code>Content-Type: application/json</code> query options and function parameters are encoded in a request body that represents a JSON object. Its members include the individual query options. Their name MUST have the <code>$</code> prefix and their value MUST be given as a string or a number, as appropriate.</p>
+<p>With <code>Content-Type: application/json</code> query options and function parameters are encoded in a request body that represents a JSON object. Its members include the individual query options. Their name MUST have the <code>$</code> prefix and their value MUST be given as a string, except for <code>$top</code> and <code>$skip</code> where it MUST be a number.</p>
 <p>Members of the JSON object also include parameters if the resource path is a function invocation or function import. In this case parameters MUST be represented like parameters in an action invocation <a href="#ODataJSON">OData-JSON, section 18</a>, and in the resource path the parentheses after the function name MUST be omitted and the <code>/$query</code> segment MAY be omitted.</p>
 <div class="example">
 <p>Example 52: An employee’s top 10 leave requests for the next two weeks pending their manager’s approval. Compare this with <a href="#funcexpr">example 30</a>.</p>
diff --git a/docs/odata-url-conventions/odata-url-conventions.md b/docs/odata-url-conventions/odata-url-conventions.md
index a014a893..d5d9e934 100644
--- a/docs/odata-url-conventions/odata-url-conventions.md
+++ b/docs/odata-url-conventions/odata-url-conventions.md
@@ -1531,7 +1531,8 @@ GET http://host/service/People?
 With `Content-Type: application/json` query options and function parameters are
 encoded in a request body that represents a JSON object. Its members include the
 individual query options. Their name MUST have the `$` prefix and their
-value MUST be given as a string or a number, as appropriate.
+value MUST be given as a string, except for `$top` and `$skip` where it MUST be
+a number.
 
 Members of the JSON object also include parameters
 if the resource path is a function invocation or function import. In this case
diff --git a/odata-url-conventions/4 Resource Path.md b/odata-url-conventions/4 Resource Path.md
index 94ab377f..c549195d 100644
--- a/odata-url-conventions/4 Resource Path.md	
+++ b/odata-url-conventions/4 Resource Path.md	
@@ -1076,7 +1076,8 @@ GET http://host/service/People?
 With `Content-Type: application/json` query options and function parameters are
 encoded in a request body that represents a JSON object. Its members include the
 individual query options. Their name MUST have the `$` prefix and their
-value MUST be given as a string or a number, as appropriate.
+value MUST be given as a string, except for `$top` and `$skip` where it MUST be
+a number.
 
 Members of the JSON object also include parameters
 if the resource path is a function invocation or function import. In this case