How to use Views Pager with Insert View

I've marked a few other pagers issues as duplicates and pointed them here, as I feel midkemia's examples give the best jumping off point for clarifying the issue.

Basically, what we need is to add a layer of logic so we can tailor our views_build_view() (see http://drupal.org/node/121202) to whether we're doing a simple limit or wanting to use the pager.

Additionally, we need to make sure there aren't any unforseen consequences of bringing pagers into nodes.

I've changed this issue to a feature request.

Duplicate issue references: http://drupal.org/node/162873 and http://drupal.org/node/121202

mlsamuelson

Another duplicate for reference: http://drupal.org/node/67258.

I've the same issue. Anybody knows how to fix this???

Same problem here. My inserted view lists only limited number and it is not possible to view extra pages. I do not understand much about how to use arguments, but trying this code:

<? [view:comments_all=3=use_pager=true] ?>

did not work. So as I understand Insert View module does not support use of pager at all for now? Or I am doing something wrong?

ok, after reading all the related threads i found a solution posted by Borek: http://drupal.org/node/121202. bkz mlsamuelson is trying to concentrate on this page, i would like to confirm here, that it worked for me. but i am confused with mlsamuelson's comment there:

Thanks, Borek! It's actually a little more complicated than this because of conflicts between the Insert View limits and how we're passing that info to views_build_views.

what is with and how much wrong the suggested by Borek method?

I confirm that the Borek fix (http://drupal.org/node/121202) works and have not yet experienced any side effects...

I use Borek's fix too but only if there is no limit in the insert view tag.
(line 75)

if (is_numeric($limit)) {
          $replace = views_build_view('embed', $view, $view_args, FALSE, $limit);
 }
 else {
          $replace = views_build_view('embed', $view, $view_args, $view->use_pager, $view->nodes_per_page);
          // the original one was:  $replace = views_build_view('embed', $view, $view_args, FALSE, NULL);
 }

I've attached a patch that allows a person to insert a pager view by setting a limit and replacing "view" in the tag with "view_pager".

So for example, to insert the tracker view so it'll only display 5 results per page, you could do [view_pager:tracker=5]

Please, test this and let me know if:

1. the patch works
2. the functionality works in your scenarios

mlsamuelson

Patch fails for me against the 03/11/08 5.x-1.x-dev version.

patch < insert_view-148400.patch 
patching file README.txt
Hunk #1 succeeded at 21 with fuzz 1.
Hunk #2 FAILED at 40.
1 out of 2 hunks FAILED -- saving rejects to file README.txt.rej
patching file insert_view.module
Hunk #1 FAILED at 53.
Hunk #2 succeeded at 66 (offset -8 lines).
1 out of 2 hunks FAILED -- saving rejects to file insert_view.module.rej

I've re-rolled the patch.

For me:

• Patch applies cleanly
• Functionality works as expected

Thanks!

In light of #11, marking this as RTBTC...

I plan to commit the patch this evening, time permitting.

Thanks cubbtech!

mlsamuelson

Thanks, cubbtech!

Committed.

(And now I've also created the initial 5-x-1.0 release.)

mlsamuelson

Close. No 's' on view. It should be:

[view_pager:myview=3=4,5,6]

(That would insert the view "myview" with a pager showing 3 results/nodes at a time, supplying the args 4, 5, and 6.)

And note, this is, of course, only for views you want to have a pager on. You can continue to use the classic non-pager style of Insert View tags.

More info is in the README.txt. Additionally it wouldn't hurt to read the upgrade info in there.

And lastly, if you install the new version and the filter cache is causing your views to be cached, simply go to the input filters admin page, click configure for the formats in question, make sure the Insert View filter is turned on, and then submit the form (even if you made no updates, as this will jog the input format's memory and it will clear the filter cache and no longer cache the views).

mlsamuelson

In light of comment 16, I'm going to mark this as active and a task... I would like to make the README.txt as thorough as possible.

Thanks for the feedback, midkemia.

mlsamuelson

(Note to self: see #180042: insert view filter results should not be cached., for additional README.txt updates.)

Interesting.

Haven't played around with the Alinks module, but what pops to mind is that this might be an effect from Insert View turning the filter format into a non-cacheable format - which it does now.

mlsamuelson

closing all D5 issues

pager works in D6 and D7 releases..