[wp-hackers] $wpdb query

[Robin Adrianse]

Why not just do all of it in the INSERT query? Unless you have no control
over that query...

On 9/19/06, ryan fitzer <ryanfitzer at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Cori, thanks. I'll give this a try. Makes sense.
> Robin, not a stupid question. I'm placing the query right after the first
> page INSERT query. So I'm figuring that the post is setup at this point.
> Right?
> After I get this to work I'll try updating the codex as well as well as
> adding in the parts about sub-pages and sub-cats.
> Thanks again for the help.
>
> On 9/19/06, Robin Adrianse <shorty114 at shorty114.net> wrote:
> >
> > 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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