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    Posted: 16 February 2012 at 12:10pm
I've upgraded from an older version of WWG and am not keen on the way the 'Latest Posts' repeats the topic several times in the list, for each time it has been posted to.


The old version of WWG, that I was using did not do this.

Looking at the code (I'm using a MY SQL version) I think I need to add a 'DISTINCT' somewhere. can anyone help?

Many thanks.  Agni

'Get the last x posts from the database
strSQL = "" & _
"SELECT "
If strDatabaseType = "SQLServer" OR strDatabaseType = "Access" Then
strSQL = strSQL & " TOP " & intLatestPostsMaxNo & " "
End If
strSQL = strSQL & _
"" & strDbTable & "Forum.Forum_ID, " & strDbTable & "Forum.Forum_name, " & strDbTable & "Topic.Topic_ID, " & strDbTable & "Topic.Subject, " & strDbTable & "Thread.Thread_ID, " & strDbTable & "Thread.Message_date, " & strDbTable & "Author.Author_ID, " & strDbTable & "Author.Username, " & strDbTable & "Thread.Message  " & _
"FROM " & strDbTable & "Forum, " & strDbTable & "Topic, " & strDbTable & "Author, " & strDbTable & "Thread " & _
"WHERE " & strDbTable & "Forum.Forum_ID = " & strDbTable & "Topic.Forum_ID " & _
"AND " & strDbTable & "Topic.Topic_ID = " & strDbTable & "Thread.Topic_ID " & _
"AND " & strDbTable & "Author.Author_ID = " & strDbTable & "Thread.Author_ID "
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If you don't want it to repeat the same topic there is always my Latest Topics mod.
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Points: 37 		Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Agni Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 18 February 2012 at 6:11am
Thanks for that Scotty, however I would rather just tweak the SQl query to do it. I find it strange that no one else doesn't want the same. If you have a popular topic and get 5 fast posts, then the latest posts is filled with 5 identical topics. 
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The way the latest posts on the homepage works has already been updated for the next release so that it only shows the first latest post for a topic, so that it does not repeat the same topic multiple times.
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Thanks Bruce. Any chance I could have the updated query so that I can fix my version now?
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The new SQL code in includes/latest_posts_inc.asp is below:-

'Get the last x posts from the database
strSQL = "" & _
"SELECT "
If strDatabaseType = "SQLServer" OR strDatabaseType = "Access" Then
	strSQL = strSQL & " TOP " & intLatestPostsMaxNo & " "
End If
strSQL = strSQL & _
"" & strDbTable & "Forum.Forum_ID, " & strDbTable & "Forum.Forum_name, " & strDbTable & "Topic.Topic_ID, " & strDbTable & "Topic.Subject, " & strDbTable & "Thread.Thread_ID, " & strDbTable & "Thread.Message_date, " & strDbTable & "Author.Author_ID, " & strDbTable & "Author.Username, " & strDbTable & "Thread.Message  " & _
"FROM " & strDbTable & "Forum, " & strDbTable & "Topic, " & strDbTable & "Author, " & strDbTable & "Thread " & _
"WHERE " & strDbTable & "Forum.Forum_ID = " & strDbTable & "Topic.Forum_ID " & _
	"AND " & strDbTable & "Topic.Last_Thread_ID = " & strDbTable & "Thread.Thread_ID " & _
	"AND " & strDbTable & "Author.Author_ID = " & strDbTable & "Thread.Author_ID "
	
'Check permissions
strSQL = strSQL & _
	"AND (" & strDbTable & "Topic.Forum_ID " & _
		"IN (" & _
			"SELECT " & strDbTable & "Permissions.Forum_ID " & _
			"FROM " & strDbTable & "Permissions" & strDBNoLock & " " & _
			"WHERE (" & strDbTable & "Permissions.Group_ID = " & intGroupID & " OR " & strDbTable & "Permissions.Author_ID = " & lngLoggedInUserID & ") " & _
				"AND " & strDbTable & "Permissions.View_Forum = " & strDBTrue & _
		")" & _
	")"

'Don't include password protected forums
strSQL = strSQL & "AND (" & strDbTable & "Forum.Password = '' OR " & strDbTable & "Forum.Password Is Null) "

strSQL = strSQL & "AND (" & strDbTable & "Topic.Hide = " & strDBFalse & " AND " & strDbTable & "Thread.Hide = " & strDBFalse & ") " & _
"ORDER BY " & strDbTable & "Thread.Thread_ID DESC"

'mySQL limit operator
If strDatabaseType = "mySQL" Then
	strSQL = strSQL & " LIMIT " & intLatestPostsMaxNo
End If
strSQL = strSQL & ";"
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Wow - brilliant. You star. Thanks mate. It works perfectly!

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Spot on - much better Thumbs Up
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