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I am having problems using the related entries functionality

I have 3 weblogs with custom fields:

DJs - (using post title as DJ name)
Venues - (using post title as venue name)
Events - Using 2 custom fields, both relationship fields using the above 2 weblogs

In my template I have the following code:

{exp:weblog:entries weblog="events" limit="5" }
See {djplaying} at {Venue} on {entry_date format="%D %F %d"}
{/exp:weblog:entries}

The result I get is this:

See 4 at 3 on Mon December 31

Where it SHOULD be something like

See DJ Dan at Ministry of Sound on Mon December 31

I cant work out why I am getting numbers instead of the actual proper data from these fields.

Thanks

Skim over the docs on displaying related entry information again.  You need to use your related custom fields a bit differently:

{exp:weblog:entries weblog="events" limit="5"}
{related_entries id="djplaying"}
DJs: {title}
{/related_entries}

{related_entries id="Venue"}
Venues: {title}
{/related_entries}

{/exp:weblog:entries}

It works a little differently than you’re trying to use it.  But does the basic logic of how to display related content make sense?

oh ok, so is it still possible to achieve the output that I need, i.e.  ?

See DJ Dan at Ministry of Sound on Mon December 31

I think so, just not directly- venue and dj aren’t directly tied together- they’re independently tied to events.  So you can pull up the dj and you can pull up the venue.  Since there’s only one, I think if you structure it like:

{exp:weblog:entries weblog="events" limit="5"}
See {related_entries id="djplaying"}{title}{/related_entries}
at {related_entries id="Venue"}{title}{/related_entries}
on {entry_date format="%D %F %d"}
{/exp:weblog:entries}

Bit messy, but I don’t see why it shouldn’t work.