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Topic: Latest Posts

Posted By: Agni
Subject: Latest Posts
Date 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 "

Replies:

Posted By: Scotty32
Date Posted: 16 February 2012 at 1:02pm

If you don't want it to repeat the same topic there is always my http://www.s2h.co.uk/wwf/mods/latest-topics/" rel="nofollow - Latest Topics mod.

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Posted By: Agni
Date 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.

Posted By: WebWiz-Bruce
Date Posted: 20 February 2012 at 10:13am

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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Posted By: Agni
Date Posted: 20 February 2012 at 10:19am

Thanks Bruce. Any chance I could have the updated query so that I can fix my version now?

Posted By: WebWiz-Bruce
Date Posted: 20 February 2012 at 10:26am

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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Posted By: Agni
Date Posted: 20 February 2012 at 10:38am

Wow - brilliant. You star. Thanks mate. It works perfectly!

Posted By: doug-hoff
Date Posted: 20 February 2012 at 6:35pm

Spot on - much better Thumbs Up

Posted By: aussiem8
Date Posted: 23 March 2012 at 11:34pm

Yep, good for me too.

Is there a way this can also be applied to the RSS feed viewed with extras/recent_forum_posts.asp ?