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Hi there,

This one is driving me crazy. So I’m attempting to limit entries using category=“not ID” and it doesn’t filter the entries out.

If I reverse that and try category=“the ID I’m actually trying to hide” it works in that it only displays entries that are tagged with that category. But not the other way around. Any help?

Here’s my actual code I’m using:

{exp:channel:entries channel="event" orderby="event_month|event_day" backspace="10" sticky="no" category="not 9"}

Thanks,
Colin

I figured it out.

The documentation has it as such category=“not ID” however, just guessing, I attempted to remove the space, so it looks like this: category=“notID” and that did the trick. I don’t know if this is a bug, or just needs to be updated in the documentation, but the good news is that it’s working!

Thanks,
Colin

Hi, Colin.

I can’t replicate the problem you’re having.

Can you tell us which version/build of EE2.x you’re using? See EEWiki:// HowTo Determine My EE Version

Is this a category or a subcategory you’re trying to keep from displaying?

I’m running EE2.2.2 build 20110801

I’m attempting to hide all categories that fall under 9, as I have attached. I originally tried piping the category=“not 8|9|10|11” but that wasn’t working. But category=“not9” appears to be hiding everything within that group, which is what I wanted, just not sure why it isn’t working with the space between not and the category ID.

Hmm… well, that’s definitely not the expected behavior. Do you have any add-ons installed that are related to categories or category management at all?

Did anything ever come of this? I’m running into the same issue. category = “not 7” does not work, but category = “not7” does.

On a related topic - is it possible to specify a category but not another? I.e. category = “13 not 7” ... I’ve tried several different iterations of that to try and get it to work, but nothing ever did.

Carlos,

Since Colin never got back to us in regards to any add-ons, we’re not sure where that stands. Are you using any add-ons that manipulate categories or category management?

On your related note, that isn’t a supported parameter at this time. However, feel free to make a Feature Request!

Cheers,

Hi Dan - nope - no add-ons that should be affecting categories are installed. And I will certainly add that Feature Request!

Hi Carlos,

I’m still not able to replicate this issue. Using category=“not 7” works as expected for me, while category=“not7” does not. Could you share the code containing your Channel Entries Tag with us? And, just for the sake of troubleshooting, could you globally disable extensions to see if that changes the behavior to work as expected?