Gossamer Forum: Products: Gossamer Links: Development, Plugins and Globals: problem with <%number_of

Dec 19, 2003, 7:46 AM

scorpioncapital

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Dec 19, 2003, 7:46 AM

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problem with <%number_of_links%> tag

I am using the <%number_of_links%> tag in the subcategory.html template that shows the number of "links" within a subcategory. However, the number it outputs is wrong. Anybody know why this might be?

For example, it outputs say 18 'links' but if you go to that subcategory there are MORE than 18 links.

Anybody experience this problem?

Dec 19, 2003, 7:54 AM

Andy

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Dec 19, 2003, 7:54 AM

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Re: [scorpioncapital] problem with <%number_of_links%> tag In reply to

Try running this in SSH;

perl nph-build.cgi --repair

This will re-generate the category counts. Stuff like this does happen when you have a lot of links being put in/ taken out etc I'm afraid.

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Andy (mod)
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Andy: Dec 19, 2003, 8:03 AM

Dec 19, 2003, 7:56 AM

scorpioncapital

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Dec 19, 2003, 7:56 AM

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Re: [Andy] problem with <%number_of_links%> tag In reply to

You mean that a build_changed does not work as well as a build_all?

Dec 19, 2003, 8:02 AM

Andy

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Dec 19, 2003, 8:02 AM

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Re: [scorpioncapital] problem with <%number_of_links%> tag In reply to

Did I say that? Wink

The category counts are kept in the 'Number_of_Links' field in lsql_Category. Sometimes, when you add a lot of links (and remove links), the category doesn't get updated correctly with the new links count. Running Build > Repair Tables, or perl nph-build.cgi --repair via SSH should sort this out.

Cheers

Andy (mod)
andy@ultranerds.co.uk