How to include 2 multi record lists from same table
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Last Post: November 2, 2009 (RSS)
By (Deleted User) - October 27, 2009
I have a main page that includes a list of multi records from tableName guided_tour - they are limited to displaying only 2 at a time using the perPage of 2.
I would also like to include a list in the footer and limit this to say 4. It's easy to do if the footer is on a page that doesn't already contain the guided_tour tableName but how can I do it if it does??
Thanks Jonathan
Re: [jonoc73] How to include 2 multi record lists from same table
By ross - October 28, 2009
Thanks for posting!
Once you know how to do this, it does end up being pretty easy :). It's just a matter of learning how :). Here's what I would do.
To get your first list going, you'll have the usual code at the top of the page like this:
list($guided_tourRecords, $guided_tourMetaData) = getRecords(array(
'tableName' => 'guided_tour',
'perPage' => 2,
));
What you can do is make a second copy of that but change the names slightly so you have something like this:
list($guided_tourFooterRecords, $guided_tourFooterMetaData) = getRecords(array(
'tableName' => 'guided_tour',
'perPage' => 4,
));
See what I did there. Just added "footer" into the variable name and now you have a whole separate list pulling from the same table but with different options. Just use that new variable name in the foreach loop you setup in the footer.
Does that make sense? Let me know what you think :).
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Re: [ross] How to include 2 multi record lists from same table
By (Deleted User) - October 28, 2009
This is great. Yes as soon as you explain, it all makes sense - I will understand it all one day no doubt! Oh and it works just fine!
Thanks Jono.
Re: [ross] How to include 2 multi record lists from same table
By (Deleted User) - October 30, 2009
However this second multi record list doesn't work in includes - will I need to include this bit of the code at the foot of every page for it to work?
Thanks Jono
Re: [jonoc73] How to include 2 multi record lists from same table
By ross - November 2, 2009
Interesting. You should be able to have the header code in the include so that it's always just the one file.
Could you attach a copy of one of your pages as well as the footer include to a reply so I can see how it's setup?
Thanks!
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Re: [ross] How to include 2 multi record lists from same table
By (Deleted User) - November 2, 2009
Thanks Jono
Re: [jonoc73] How to include 2 multi record lists from same table
By ross - November 2, 2009
Whoops. I didn't realize this was all the same thing :). I'll be going through my email as quick as possible and get back to you with some ideas :).
Thanks!
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