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I have content type event that has date field and i created view "events" to this content type and added contextual filter "Date".

The problem is in the database the field date value is stored with this format 2007-01-17T00:00:00 and I want to filter like this events/2007. Unfortunately, I get no results because the URL should be like this events/2007-01-17T00:00:00.

So what is the solution for making it work with this events/2007 by altering the query using views_views_query_alter() instead of creating field that hold the value like this 2007. I believe that altering the query by this way should solve it but it didn't

function views_views_query_alter(&$view, &$query) {
  if ($view->name == 'events' && is_numeric(arg(1)) ) {
    $view->query->where[0]['conditions'][3]['field']=" YEAR('field_data_field_date.field_date_value')";    
  }
}
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  • Mohamad, the edit was to improve the readability of the question, which in turn will get you a better answer. Formatted as-is, some people won't even bother reading the question or will edit it
    – Laxman13
    Sep 6, 2011 at 15:35
  • hello mohamad salama, also I suggest to try to give format your question, for example for your code. is just add some spaces before each line in your code.
    – cigotete
    Sep 6, 2011 at 18:39
  • Mohamad, remember to use functions to test/debug your functions, for example, if you have Devel module, you can use dsm() to output values that are you working (or you can use the very helpful print_r or the echo).
    – cigotete
    Sep 6, 2011 at 21:48
  • i already debug the query & the results and when i add 'YEAR' sql function to the field 'field_date_value' by doing so $view->query->where[0]['conditions'][3]['field']=" YEAR('field_data_field_date.field_date_value')"; it doing something wrong to the query is gota be some way else for doing that.
    – mohamad salama
    Sep 7, 2011 at 12:48

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Which Drupal and Views versions? From what I can see on my test site when creating:

A Filter Criteria you can specify granularity to year; same thing goes for a Contextual filter. (D7, latest Views).

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  • yes its D 7.7 & View 7.x-3.0 all i want to do something that hook the criteria field to make it YEAR('field_date_value') instead of just 'field_date_value3'
    – mohamad salama
    Sep 7, 2011 at 12:44

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