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How to merge several blocks having the same name

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By: Skrol29
Date: 2009-09-23
Time: 11:44

How to merge several blocks having the same name

This tip has been added to the manual on 2009-09-23.

You cannot merge several blocks having the same names because they are considered by TBS has a one and only block composed of several sections.
Nevertheless, you can use a tip to get a similar behavior. If you use parameter p1 without value in the block definition, that does forces TBS to consider the section as a new block break, like it does for subblocks.

Example:
<table>
  <tr><td> [b.id;block=tr;p1] </td><td> [b.name] </td>
</table>

<table>
  <tr><td> [b.id;block=tr;p1] </td><td> [b.name] </td>
</table>

PHP:
$TBS->MergeBlock('b','mysql','SELECT * FROM MyTable');

Versioning: this tip is available since TBS version 3.4.