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Trying to quick filter on entries by 'category_id' fails

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if i try to quick filter entries by 'category_id' it fails. I digged in deeper and realized that the db coloumn mt_category/category_id never gets populated.
I need to create a dynamic filter on entries as per category.Please help

Reported on Movable Type 4.2

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  • Are you talking about the quick filter feature on the MT entry listing screen? That is working for me. If you're talking about filtering the tables through code, the mt_entry.entry_category_id is blank because it is a deprecated field. All category assignments are done through the mt_placement table and requires a join.

  • thanks for the reply, I suppose mt_placements should help.
    Yes I was trying to write a plugin such that the categories dynamically appear on the quick filter menu. Any ideas how to go about it?

  • The MT entry listing screen already has a quickfilter by category (not the system overview listing, which would have to load all categories across all blogs, and that isn't very scalable). What am I missing?

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