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I have the following code:

{exp:channel:entries channel="channel1" category="{segment_3}" dynamic="no" style="linear"}
    {related_entries id="channel2"}
    {/related_entries}
{/exp:channel:entries}

For some reason this is printing the output

{REL[267][channel2]VvIzefHrREL}

If i remove the related_entries calls:

{exp:channel:entries channel="channel1" category="{segment_3}" dynamic="no" style="linear"}
{/exp:channel:entries}

Nothing is printed to the screen as you’d expect.

What’s going on here? Am I doing something wrong? EE2.1, no custom modules except imgsizer which doesn’t touch the DB.

The id parameter for {related_entries} should be the short_name of the field that contains the relationship. It looks like you are trying to identify a channel, not a field.

Also, this is not a reverse_related_entries call; rather, a standard related_entries usage. If you want to use Reverse Related Entries, you need to use the {reverse_related_entries} tag pair, and there is no need to specify an id.

Lance
Green Egg Media

Thanks for the assist. Doest that help, UntitledStudio?

Thanks for your reply Green Egg Media.

My mistake, my code is actually:

{exp:channel:entries channel="channel1" category="{segment_3}" dynamic="no" style="linear"}
    {related_entries id="field_name"}
    {/related_entries}
{/exp:channel:entries}

I incorrectly typed it above - I’m using fake channel and field names. Anyway - the channel name and field name in related_entries call are both correct. Removing the related_entries call results in the weird text being printed to the screen disappearing.

With regards to the post title - is a moderator able to fix that? It should be ‘related_entries’ not ‘reverse_related_entries’

UntitledStudio,

Is this code by itself in a template? Inside the related_entries tag pair you also need to specify the field of the related entry you’d like to show, such as {title}.

I changed it so the entire contents of the template is this:

{exp:channel:entries channel="channel1" category="{segment_3}" dynamic="no" style="linear"}
    {related_entries id="field_name"}hihi{/related_entries}
{/exp:channel:entries}

This results in the following being printed to the screen:

{REL[267][gi_entrance]qbYFUStyREL} hihi hihi hihi

I removed the related_entries line and

Changing to

{exp:channel:entries channel="channel1" category="{segment_3}" dynamic="no" style="linear"}
    {related_entries id="field_name"}{title}{/related_entries}
{/exp:channel:entries}

Results in:

{REL[267][gi_entrance]QqHQcbGyREL} Item1 Item2

Changing to:

{exp:channel:entries channel="channel1" category="{segment_3}" dynamic="no" style="linear"}
yoyo
{/exp:channel:entries}

Results in:

yoyo yoyo yoyo yoyo

Changin to:

{exp:channel:entries channel="channel1" category="{segment_3}" dynamic="no" style="linear"}
{title}
{/exp:channel:entries}

Results in:

Title1 TItle2 Title3 Title4

Now that I’ve done all these tests and confirmed what I’ve already stated above, how can I fix this issue? There’s clearly something wrong with either my DB or EE itself. What can I do to fix it.

Hi UntitledStudio,

Please try resaving one of the entries that is related to your channel1 entries. Does that entry then display properly?

Cheers

Greg

This issue has been fixed. I had to resave one of the channel1 entries. The relation field must have broken somewhere along the line for that entry.

May have been a cache issue. Re-saving the entry cleared it. All relationships are kept in cache. So if it happens again try clearing the cache first. Feel free to start a new thread if you have any more questions.