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Hi everybody,

i´m running into a strange output since update to 1.6:

I built following query within an exp:weblog:category_heading to output next level of subcategories of a given category (short version):

{exp:weblog:category_heading weblog="{my_weblog}"}
<h2>{category_name}</h2>
<p>Subcategories:     <br />
{exp:query sql="SELECT cat_name, cat_id FROM exp_categories WHERE parent_id = '{category_id}' "} <br />
{if count > 1}, {/if}<br />
<a href="http://{path={my_template_group}/C{cat_id}}">{cat_name}</a><br />
{/exp:query}</p>

<p>{/exp:weblog:category_heading}

That looked like:

Main Category
Subcategories: Cat1, Cat2, Cat3

Since update 1.6, the query runs okay so far, but “cat_name” and “cat_id” does not have any value. Paradoxically it counts the subcategories right.
In the html-source that looks like:

<a href="http://anything/journal/C/"></a>, 
<a href="http://anything/journal/C/"></a>

Template-Debugging doesn´t show any malfunction.
If i´m running the exp:query outside “category_heading” pair, all is okay. But i need it in, to give

parent_id = '{category_id}'

.
Maybe i´m missing something? Any clue?

thanks for help, Geri

The category heading tag is attempting to parse those variables as category custom fields, which is replacing them as “empties” before you query tag is parsed.  I’ve modified category field parsing to be more discrete, and it will be included in the next build update.  A temporary solution for you is to move the query tag to an embedded template, and pass the category_id with an embed variable.

Thank´s for info, Derek. I will await next build to fix that.

p.s.: new features in 1.6 are great. Keep on your good work and excellent support!