Hi
didn't anyone here ever need a seb_blog template where you can GROUP items according to a field ?
the need is to display events grouped by months. The end result would be
january
event1 event2 event3
february
event4 event5 event6
march
event7 event8 event9
and so on
so far we used lists within lists but it's a bit heavy
thanks for sharing
cyril
I must add I first tried with a free query:
SELECT group_concat(ct.title),ev.ev_event_month FROM #__content as ct INNER JOIN #__cck_store_form_event as ev ON (ct.id=ev.id) WHERE ct.catid=31 GROUP BY ev.ev_event_month
but then the list result does not display the group_concat(ct.title) !
Hi Cyril
MySQL GroupConcat function can be an option for this, but I am not sure if the best one. In order to make it work you have to
1) Add the alias to the result e.g. group_concat(...) AS event_data
2) Create a free sotrage (no table selected) field called event_data
3) You have to explode the output in php using explode() function to get an array
What to watch out for
1) Use a good separator in groupconcat function, not just comma, if the concatenate data are strings. the best is to use some asci character
2) The default maximum length of groupconcat function output string is 1024, in case you have larger output, you have to extend it somehow.
Good Luck
Michal
