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Problem: Ditto only shows one or two selective documents...

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    er16004 Reply #1, 19 years, 10 months ago
    I am using the following Ditto call to try and pull up a specific post: 

    [[Ditto? &startID=`60` &summarize=`1` &total=`1` &tpl=`DittoHighlight` &truncLen=`10` &truncSplit=`0`]]


    But, Ditto says it (and about 50 other documents) doesn’t exist). This call will only work if I use startID=’2’ or ’14’ or ’15’. Another part of the problem is, even if I use the startID=’15’, document ID 15 iis actually a different document than the one Ditto chooses to pull up.

    I was using the Ditto that came with .95RC2, but upgraded to 1.1b2 in hopes this would fix the problem.

    BTW, my DittoHighlight template looks like this:

    <div id="highlight">
<h1><a href="[~[+id+]~]">[+longtitle+]</a></h1>
<div>[+content+]</div>
<p>[+link+]</p>
</div>


    Thanks. I’ll be happy to explain this differently if what I posted isn’t clear. Before anyone asks, my other documents I’m trying to call are just fine. I call easily pull them up in MODx using the ID in the URL (e.g. http://temple.campfiresites.com/index.php?id=60).
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      sottwell Reply #2, 19 years, 10 months ago
      Ditto will pull up and display summaries for documents inside the container document whose ID you give it, not of the document whose ID you give it.
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        MARKSVIRTUALDESK Reply #3, 19 years, 10 months ago
        You can call up a specific document using &documents in 1.1b2.
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          sottwell Reply #4, 19 years, 10 months ago
          Ah, you guys are getting too far ahead of me! shocked
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            er16004 Reply #5, 19 years, 10 months ago
            Quote from: Mark at Nov 25, 2006, 12:40 PM

            You can call up a specific document using &documents in 1.1b2.

            Ah! That’s what I was looking for. Is there a complete list of the Ditto parameters? I’ve read the standard documentation, but this type of information didn’t seem to be included (or if it was, its description didn’t catch my eye).

            Thanks,

            Eric
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              er16004 Reply #6, 19 years, 10 months ago
              I tried removing &startID and put &documents in its place, but it crashed due to a database error. Any documentation on using &documents?

              Thanks.
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                MARKSVIRTUALDESK Reply #7, 19 years, 10 months ago
                What was the database error and which version of MODx are you using?
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                  er16004 Reply #8, 19 years, 10 months ago
                  Quote from: Mark at Nov 26, 2006, 08:42 PM

                  What was the database error and which version of MODx are you using?

                  Running MODx 0.95RC2 & Ditto 1.1b2:

                  Here’s my Ditto call:
                  [[Ditto? &documents=`15` &summarize=`1` &total=`1` &tpl=`DittoHighlight` &truncLen=`10` &truncSplit=`0`]]


                  My DittoHighlight template:
                  <div id="highlight">
<h1><a href="[~[+id+]~]">[+longtitle+]</a></h1>
<div>[+content+]</div>
<p>[+link+]</p>
</div>


                  And the errors I received:
                  « MODx Parse Error »
MODx encountered the following error while attempting to parse the requested resource:
« Execution of a query to the database failed - You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near ') AND sc.published=1 AND sc.deleted=0 ) AND (sc.privateweb=0' at line 3 »
      SQL: SELECT DISTINCT sc.createdon,sc.id,sc.published FROM `MODX_DATABASE`.modx_site_content sc LEFT JOIN `MODX_DATABASE`.modx_document_groups dg on dg.document = sc.id WHERE (sc.id IN () AND sc.published=1 AND sc.deleted=0 ) AND (sc.privateweb=0) GROUP BY sc.id ORDER BY sc.createdon DESC
      [Copy SQL to ClipBoard]
 
Parser timing
  MySQL: 	0.0191 s	(14 Requests)
  PHP: 	0.1292 s	 
  Total: 	0.1483 s



                  (I changed the name of my database in the code above to protect my site.)
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                    sottwell Reply #9, 19 years, 10 months ago
                    That should be [!Ditto? &docID=`15` ... !] maybe?
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                      er16004 Reply #10, 19 years, 10 months ago
                      Quote from: sottwell at Nov 27, 2006, 01:58 PM

                      That should be [!Ditto? &docID=`15` ... !] maybe?

                      Ok. I tried that and it returned a ’no entries found’. So, I tried &documents again and it gave me the parse error listed above, so I set it back to startID so the page will at least work for now (http://temple.campfiresites.com/index.html; FYI: the Ditto call on the site is everything in the light grey area just below the menu ’Directions & Times...’ ).

                      [!Ditto? &startID=`15` &summarize=`1` &total=`1` &tpl=`DittoHighlight` &truncLen=`10` &truncSplit=`0`!]


                      This is odd & frustrating, but I appreciate the help.