dropdown language

[Timo]

HI guys,

I use a select object to display month names in a select field and these must appear in the language of the user. How can I build the SQL statement so that by default the column mt_de is used, if French is set as language, the column mt_fr has to be displayed in the dropdown.

My months table

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If the user's language is French, this SQL has to be run:

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SELECT `mt_id`,`mt_fr` FROM `months_names`

In all other cases, this one.

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SELECT `mt_id`,`mt_de` FROM `months_names`

How to combine them?

[toms]

Hi,

Since there is no Hash Cookie like #USER_LANGUAGE# which would simplify the SQL statement, you can(/need to) use an SQL join to retrieve a user's language.

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SELECT mt_id, 
       CASE 
         WHEN zzzzsys_user_id IS NULL 
               OR IFNULL(sus_language, '') <> 'French' THEN mt_de 
         ELSE mt_fr 
       END AS month_name 
FROM   months_names 
       LEFT JOIN zzzzsys_user 
              ON zzzzsys_user.zzzzsys_user_id = '#USER_ID#' 

zzzzsys_user_id IS NULL is for the globeadmin, since there is no zzzzsys_user_id in the zzzzsys_user table.


Wish list: Add a #USER_LANGUAGE# Hash Cookie.

[admin]

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