Monday 27 December 2004 7:14:50 am

I combined your examples above. And some math functions.
I think this might solve your problem.

{let loops=6 countitems=0}

<table>
{section  loop=fetch('content','list', hash('parent_node_id',71, limit, 6))}
{set countitems=fetch('content','list_count', hash('parent_node_id',71))}
<tr>
<td bgcolor=red> {$:item.name} </td>
</tr>
{/section}
</table>

{set loops=$loops|sub($countitems)}

{section $loops|gt(0)}
<table>
{section name=loop loop=$loops}
<tr>
<td bgcolor= red> 
try it even without fetching to any data from the content
</td>
</tr>
{/section}
</table>
{/section}

{/let}

Monday 27 December 2004 10:02:57 am

Opps. I forgot a 'show' in the section. I also moved some variables into the 'let' . Remember to change the p_node_id to the correct value.

Here is the more correct code:

{let loops=6 countitems=0 p_node_id=93}

<table>
{section  loop=fetch('content','list', hash('parent_node_id',$p_node_id, limit, $loops))}
{set countitems=fetch('content','list_count', hash('parent_node_id',$p_node_id))}
<tr>
<td bgcolor=red> {$:item.name} </td>
</tr>
{/section}
</table>

{set loops=$loops|sub($countitems)}

{section show=$loops|gt(0)}
<table>
{section name=loop loop=$loops}
<tr>
<td bgcolor= red> 
try it even without fetching to any data from the content
</td>
</tr>
{/section}
</table>
{/section}

{/let}

Tuesday 28 December 2004 4:14:28 am

Hmmm. That was strange. What version of EZ are you using?
I have tried the code both in 3.4 and 3.5.

The code is pretty simple, so it should work. It works like this:

* fetch all but max 6 objects from $p_node_id.
* fetch the no of objects under $p_node_id (and set variable $countitems to this value)
* loop the objects
* calculate the remaining rows by ($loops = 6 - $countitems)
* If loops > 0 then loop $loops times

And about the two tables. I just copied the code you pasted for them, so thats why they are there. Just remove the </table> and <table> in the middle and you will get it in one table.

Tuesday 28 December 2004 5:21:40 am

Oki.

{let loops=6 countitems=0 p_node_id=72}

<table>
{section  loop=fetch('content','list', hash('parent_node_id',$p_node_id, limit, $loops))}
{set countitems=fetch('content','list_count', hash('parent_node_id',$p_node_id))}
<tr>
<td bgcolor=red> {$:item.name} </td>
</tr>
{/section}

{set loops=$loops|sub($countitems)}

{section show=$loops|gt(0)}
{section name=loop loop=$loops}
<tr>
<td bgcolor= red> 
try it even without fetching to any data from the content
</td>
</tr>
{/section}

{/section}
</table>
{/let}

I have inserted the code inte 3.5 EZ demo at devel.ezpublish.no

You can see it at the top, right now (will be deleted when ez reset the demo) at: http://devel.ezpublish.no/products/black_box

and the template is over at:
http://admindevel.ezpublish.no/visual/templateedit/design/news/override/templates/full/product.tpl