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I really love this system, however, I seem to get caught up in problems when I least expect it.

I have a two tables that relate to each other "matrix_episode_item" and "matrix_item" -

Table "matrix_episode_item"
EPISODE_NUMBER int(4) Primary key
ITEM_ID int(11) Primary Key
ITEM_DESC text

Table "matrix_item"
MATRIX_ID int(11) Primary Key
ITEM_ID int(11) Primary Key
ITEM_NAME varchar(60)
ITEM_IMG text

within the "matrix_item" folder I have a relationship.ini file with this
[SpecificEpisodeItems]
matrix_episode_item.ITEM_ID = "$ITEM_ID"
action:label = "Episode comments specific to item"

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The example data from "matrix_item" looks like:
4 <- the show series identifier
12 <- the unique character id
Breanna <- character name
breanna.jpg <-picture

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whereas the data from "matrix_episode_item" looks like:
1 <- current episode
12 <- character id
Episode #1 for Breanna <- the comment said in that episode

2
12
Episode #2 for Breanna

3
12
Episode #3 for Breanna

4
12
Episode #4 for Breanna

I was hoping to make a relationship between the "matrix_item" and the specific episodes, however, when I use the above code I get a "Loading..." with no results and sometimes it gives me an apache error.

There are also "episode" and "matrix" table as well, but I'm not sure it relates to the present problem. I've been trying to work this out, but I'm still too inexperienced with this application.

Again thanks in advance to any help!
walter

Okay.. it is possible that you have uncovered a bug, but there are a few things that stand out from your post.

1. The relationship should be defined in a file named "relationships.ini" not "relationship.ini" (i'm assuming the post just had a typo.

2. I notice that you are using a double primary key for the matrix_item table (MATRIX_ID,ITEM_ID), but your relationship only relates on a single field (ITEM_ID). I would think that your primary key should just be the ITEM_ID column. This may or may not be causing your problem.

Also, this tree will probably not have any child-nodes for records of the matrix_episode_item table, unless you have some relationships defined on that table too (in the tables/matrix_episode_item/relationships.ini file).

Hope this helps a little.

-Steve