[TYPO3] Retrieving RECORD bodycontent via TS?

[Tyler Kraft]

> Tone is important.  A response saying "You're completely wrong! Go read 
> the manual" is insulting.
Fine tone is important. But in this case my response is correct - your 
use of the syntax is wrong. The manual describes the correct use of 
syntax for this cObject.


> You told me that using the RECORDS cObject is inappropriate for this 
> case, which isn't a "fact" if Typoscript By Example is to be believed. 
> If I'm reading that page in TSByEx wrong, feel free to enlighten me as 
> to how.
Fine but that wouldn't have been my first choice - I would have probably 
done it differently completely (possibly the way you tried with DB : 
tt_content:1:bodytext) But your problem isn't getting the content out - 
its processing it to look 'pretty'.



> It wasn't random. According to TSRef, the "source" property of RECORDS 
> has stdWrap.  "field" is a stdWrap property.  If there's a syntax error 
> in putting stdWrap properties off "source", you could have just said 
> that and told me how to access stdWrap from a RECORDS cObject (if that's 
> even possible), and I would have been happy.  But everywhere else I've 
> seen "stdWrap" listed in a property's "Data type" column in TSRef, it 
> means you can hang stdWrap methods off it.  Hence my confusion.

But it is random - as TSref says that 'source' is a list of record ids, 
not fields. And it says that you can use stdWrap properites because in 
soem instances you might want to use stdWrap to access get variables or 
a select or something to generate the record id.


> Yes, it's "mentioned" in TSRef, in the sense that TSRef says "it is 
> possible to do this" and then gives no helpful examples or instructions 
> on HOW to do it.  Again, if the key is adding a rendering definition, 
> just say that and tell me how.

Its a reference manual, not examples. And regarding rendering methods - 
I did, I sent you to look up what TSref says to do and what you have for 
options. I'm not going to regurgitate the document for you. Nor am I 
going to define your rendering definition for you. I firstly don't know 
what you want it to render like but I also am not about to do it for 
you. And it, at least to me, was obvious that you lacked a rendering 
method which is again why I said to go to TSref.

The thought was that you might start to look how things are rendered via 
tt_content and then 1) learn how to render it 2) learn that your actual 
problem lies elsewhere, in parseFunc. And yes I could have told you that 
to start with but if I (and others here) constantly did that then it 
would become much like constant spoon feeding answers to people.




> ...but don't tell me to meditate on incorrect answers and then say it's my 
fault when
> things don't work. This "blame the [l]user" attitude is the worst part 
> about being part of the global TYPO3 community.

I didn't tell you to meditate on anything I said to check the syntax in 
TSref. So here, where the syntax was wrong and it wasn't getting 
anything out, who's fault would that be if not your?

I don't know how long you've been building with typo3 but from this 
whole exchange its plain to see that your rather frustrate with it 
today. Look at it this way mate - you learned something new today, it 
will possibly greatly help your understanding of T3, and tomorrows a new 
day. I just hope things go a bit better for you with your site tomorrow

Night.