[wp-hackers] $wpdb query

Robin Adrianse shorty114 at shorty114.net
Wed Sep 20 03:34:15 GMT 2006


Stupid question, but you *have* inserted the post already, right?

Also, as the email after mine suggests, use ID instead of post_ID.

On 9/19/06, ryan fitzer <ryanfitzer at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Thanks for the help. It is the SQL that I'm having trouble with but your
> explanation helped in other ways. Here is what I've used for a subpage
> without success:
>
> $wpdb->query("UPDATE $wpdb->posts SET post_parent = 3 WHERE post_ID =
> 4 AND post_status = 'static'");
>
> Got no results from this. And no clue what the query would look like with
> a
> sub-cat.
>
> Ryan
>
> On 9/19/06, Robin Adrianse <shorty114 at shorty114.net> wrote:
> >
> > Like you said, I'm not sure if this is the best place for a request like
> > this, but here's my answer:
> >
> > Categories: A category is made a subcategory by setting category_parent
> to
> > something other than 0, namely the ID of the category which is its
> parent.
> > If it is 0, then it will just be handled as a root category (no
> parents).
> > If
> > you can't figure out the SQL for this, feel free to ask.
> >
> > Pages: First off, a page is differentiated from a post by the setting of
> > post_status. Pages always have it set to "static" (without quotes, of
> > course), and posts can have it published, draft and private. That said,
> a
> > page is made a sub-page similarly to a category. There is a field
> > post_parent which is the ID of the page's parent. If it is 0, it is a
> > root-level page.
> >
> > I hope this answered your questions.
> >
> > On 9/19/06, ryan fitzer <ryanfitzer at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > Tried the forums but I'm not sure if that's the place for it.
> > >
> > > Anyone know the query to add a sub-category and a sub-page in
> > install.php?
> > > I
> > > want to be able to use it to do auto set-ups for custom themes. Any
> help
> > > would be great.
> > >
> > > I'm also trying this for WordPress MU for a different project.
> > > I've successfully added an extra category, post and page. I'm so
> close!
> > > Thanks for any help.
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