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I'm trying to pull a category list from the same database and I keep receiving an error.

Here is what my smarty tag says:

global $gCms;
global $db;

$vars = $gCms->variables;

$q= "SELECT zen_categories_name  FROM zen_categories_description ASC";
$dbresult = $db->Execute($q);
if( !$dbresult )
{
    echo 'DB error: '. $db->ErrorMsg()."";
}

if ($dbresult > 0) {
  $row = $dbresult->FetchRow();
  echo $row['categories_name'];
}

This is the error I'm getting:

Fatal error: Call to a member function on a non-object in /usr/home/sites/XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX/web/lib/content.functions.php(669) : eval()'d code on line 7

Now matter how I change the sql etc.
Hope someone can help.
I need to be able to do this in a few different sites.
Thanks in advance.
Kim

$db isn't a global anymore (not for a long time)...
and in 2.0, $gCms won't be either

use this:

Okay, this is what we have now... but it is still giving us a Fatal Error.
Any other suggestions??

$db =& $gCms->GetDb();
$variables =& $gCms->variables;

$q= "SELECT zen_categories_name  FROM zen_categories_description ASC";
$dbresult = $db->Execute($q);
if( !$dbresult )
{
    echo 'DB error: '. $db->ErrorMsg()."";
}

if ($dbresult > 0) {
  $row = $dbresult->FetchRow();
  echo $row['categories_name'];
}

Please paste your entire plugin and the error result you get. Should be able to help from there. If that _is_ your entire plugin, re-add "global $gCms" to the top.

Thank you very much...it worked like a charm....