[Radiant] any way to dynamically populate <r:random>?

[Sean Cribbs]

Actually, I just answered my own question.  We should really be 
rendering the contents of <r:option> at each pass, rather than passing 
the block back.  The reason is that local context (tag.locals) will be 
potentially lost when you render the block after selecting the option.  
However, a spec that demonstrates the difference would be appreciated!

Sean

Sean Cribbs wrote:
> This one has always been a mystery to me, however I believe it has to 
> do with tag blocks versus expands.  I imagine, however, we could 
> produce a failing spec to demonstrate what is unexpected about the 
> behavior.  Any takers?
>
> Sean
>
> john muhl wrote:
>> On 2008/06/07, at 16:49, Andrew Neil wrote:
>>
>>> On 6 Jun 2008, at 01:01, john muhl wrote:
>>>
>>>> I'd like to insert part of a random subpage into the sidebar and 
>>>> figured it'd be a good fit for the <r:random> tag but so far am 
>>>> having very little luck. I've tried:
>>>>
>>>> <r:random>
>>>> <r:children:each>
>>>>   <r:option><r:title/></r:option>
>>>> </r:children:each>
>>>> </r:random>
>>>
>>> I thought of an alternative approach which might be easier to 
>>> implement. Here is an example:
>>>
>>> <r:find url="/quotations">
>>>  <r:children:each limit="1" order="rand">
>>>      <r:content part="body"/>
>>>  </r:children:each>
>>> </r:find>
>>>
>>> This doesn't work at the moment, because the order attribute can 
>>> only be asc or desc. I think it would be pretty easy to add the 
>>> option for random order though.
>>
>> I was going to try putting together a patch to add "rand" as an order 
>> option, but as far as I can tell the "ASC" and "DESC" ordering is 
>> part of ActiveRecord and that seems like the wrong place to apply a 
>> patch for Radiant. Am I way off base here or are the ordering 
>> options, in fact, part of ActiveRecord?
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