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International Living · #2 03-26-2005, 07:05 PM

figured it out -- thought i'd post it here in case anyone was curious.

in categories.php, the code read:

Code:

if ($short_list) {
		$to_search = "$sql_tbl[categories].categoryid,$sql_tbl[categories].parentid,$sql_tbl[categories].categoryid_path,$sql_tbl[categories].category,$sql_tbl[categories].product_count,$sql_tbl[categories].avail,$sql_tbl[categories].order_by";
	} else {
		$to_search = "$sql_tbl[categories].*";
	}

i added the field i needed (description) to the SQL statement like this:

Code:

if ($short_list) {
		$to_search = "$sql_tbl[categories].categoryid,$sql_tbl[categories].description,$sql_tbl[categories].parentid,$sql_tbl[categories].categoryid_path,$sql_tbl[categories].category,$sql_tbl[categories].product_count,$sql_tbl[categories].avail,$sql_tbl[categories].order_by";
	} else {
		$to_search = "$sql_tbl[categories].*";
	}

this then allowed me to use

Code:

{$categories[cat_num].description}

in my categories.tpl