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We are doing the following.

{exp:query sql="collect our comma separated ID array AS articles"}

{articles} outputs 13,14,15,16,17,18,19

So we then process the following.

{exp:weblog:entries 
  weblog="article" 
  fixed_order="{exp:replace find=',' replace='|'}{articles}{/exp:replace}" 
  dynamic="off
  "}
  {entry_id}

{/exp:weblog:entries}

Which in turn, outputs

25
24
23
22
19
18
17
16
15
14
13
6
1

{/exp:query}

Why is this being re-sorted and ignoring fixed_order?

Mod Edit: Moved to tech Support

Andrew,

Can you show us some more of your template. Specifically your query.

If you use

{exp:replace find=',' replace='|'}{articles}{/exp:replace}

outside of the weblog tag do you get the correct IDs?

Yes, running:

{exp:replace find=',' replace='|'}{articles}{/exp:replace}

Outputs

13|14|15|16|17|18|19

Correctly.

We were forced to use the selecteditems plugin, which appears to be working correctly.

Strange.

Andrew:

So everything seems to be working correctly?

-greg

It is with the SelectedItems plugin.

But while the replace output the correct values when debugging, i.e. 13|14|15|16|17|18|19

Running {exp:weblog:entries fixed_order="{exp:replace find=',' replace='|'}{articles}{/exp:replace}”} never ended up working.

It simply output in descending entry_id order.

Andrew,

I suspect it may have something to do with the parse order of the template.

Putting your replace into a seperate template might do it

{exp:replace find=',' replace='|'}{embed:article_ids}{/exp:replace}

then embed it intoyour weblog tag. Untested but worth a shot.

{exp:weblog:entries fixed_order="{embed='site/replace_template' article_ids='{articles}'"}