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hi, i am trying to do something like this

{exp:weblog:entries weblog="homepage" orderby="entry_date" sort="desc" limit="1"}

{exp:weblog:entries entry_id="{embed:id}"}
{title}
{/exp:weblog:entries}

{/exp:weblog:entries}

but doesnt seem to work.

What i need is to get an ID from one article (in weblog homepage) and use it to get information from that article (the one the ID references).

is that possible?

thanks

No, you can’t nest tags like that (certainly not in this case). Is that all your code? {embed:} is meant to work with embedded templates, are you even using them? That said, what would be the difference to simply using

{exp:weblog:entries weblog="homepage" orderby="entry_date" sort="desc" limit="1"}
{title}
{/exp:weblog:entries}

... ?

You may also want the entry_id=”“ parameter in your weblog tag too so that you can aim yourself at the correct entry?

{exp:weblog:entries weblog="homepage" orderby="entry_date" entry_id="147" limit="1"}
<h1>{title}</h1>
{/exp:weblog:entries}

Unless of course it is just the last entry entered that you need in which case you won’t need the entry_id parameter. All depends on exactly what you are trying to do though?

Best wishes,

Mark

well i ended up using this

{exp:weblog:entries weblog="homepage" orderby="entry_date" sort="desc" limit="1"}

{embed ="xxx/yyy" id="{entry_id}"}

{/exp:weblog:entries} 
[code]

where template yyy is

[code]{exp:weblog:entries entry_id="{embed:id}"}
{title}
{/exp:weblog:entries}

and it is working fine now.

thanks