Displaying the contents of a matrix

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J Williams	Friday 20 August 2004 11:10:42 am I have looked throughout these forums but can find little information regarding the use of a matrix datatype. I have created a matrix in one of my classes but cannot work out how to display the contents in table. I have managed to display each row of the matrix using {attribute_view_gui attribute=$node.data_map.matrix_name} but this lacks formatting and the column headers. Can anyone please point me in the right direction. Many thanks in advance
J Williams	Monday 23 August 2004 7:37:14 am Maybe no one uses the matrix datatype in a class.
Paul Forsyth	Monday 23 August 2004 7:40:14 am Have you looked at the ez template file: design/standard/templates/content/datatype/view/ezmatrix.tpl paul
J Williams	Monday 23 August 2004 10:06:20 am thanks for your reply. Maybe some more information might help. I am using EZ Publish 3.41 (svn 7051). However I try and display the contents of the matrix other than attribute_view as above nothing happens. Using the code from the ezmatrix.tpl file still produces a blank, not even the headers.
Alex Jones	Monday 23 August 2004 10:30:31 am I'm not sure if this will work or not, as the Matrix datatype I am using is a bit old, and modified, but you never know... I have an override template for a Matrix that display product specs. While I don't use a table, it should provide you an idea of hot to accomplish your goals. {let matrix=$attribute.content} {section loop=$matrix.rows.sequential} {section show=$:item.columns.1} {* Show the field's value *} <div class="Specification"> <div class="SpecName"> {$:item.columns.0} </div> <div class="SpecResult"> {$:item.columns.1} </div> </div> {/section} {/section} {/let} I call it from my class override template with: {attribute_view_gui attribute=$content_version.data_map.item_1_specifications_construction} Hope this helps, Alex Alex [ bald_technologist on the IRC channel (irc.freenode.net): #eZpublish ] <i>When in doubt, clear the cache.</i>
J Williams	Monday 23 August 2004 3:21:18 pm Hi Alex, I think my problem is a little bit more fundamental than this. If I don't use any overrides at all and view my matrix in the default template what I see is:- ================================================================================== Default object view. Click to create a custom template, Node ID: 67, Object ID: 65 Test Matrix <b>title</b> Test Matrix <b>reference</b> abc <b>field2</b> data 1 data 2 data 3 ================================================================================== The first column of data is missing completely. If I create an override using anything other than {attribute_view_gui attribute=$node.data_map.<i>matrix_name</i>} no data is displayed at all. I have tried this on two different installations and the results are the same. My conclusions are that I am probably creating the override incorrectly or overriding the wrong template. I have tried overriding node/view/full with a template matching the class but this gives me a blank. I have tried overriding ezmatrix.tpl but this also gives me a blank although I suspect this only determines the display format of the matrix. I am at a complete loss on this one and any guidance would be greatly appreciated.
steve walker	Tuesday 24 August 2004 12:07:29 am Have you enabled template debug so you can seed exactly which templates are being used where? Steve. http://www.oneworldmarket.co.uk
J Williams	Tuesday 24 August 2004 2:58:56 am Hi Pete, Alex, Paul, I hold my hands up, I let frustration get the better of me and let common sense fly out the window. It helps if I override the correct template (/content/datatype/view/ezmatrix.tpl) and then reference the matrix in the full view override. Many thanks for your help guys the matrix is now working correctly and displaying the output in a table formatted exactly as I wanted it.
Paul Forsyth	Tuesday 24 August 2004 5:32:58 am Thats good news :) paul
Alex Jones	Tuesday 24 August 2004 7:02:37 am Great to hear! Alex <b>Drop by the eZ Pub: http://ezpub.co.uk/ </b> [ bald_technologist on the IRC channel: #eZpublish ] Alex [ bald_technologist on the IRC channel (irc.freenode.net): #eZpublish ] <i>When in doubt, clear the cache.</i>