By hardcoredev on

I have a view page with exposed filters. I want to initially load the page with only exposed filters...no result set.

Is there a way to do this? I was looking at hook_views_query_alter, but that still allows a query when I don't want a query to run on initial page load. This view also uses AJAX.

I know you can do the exposed filter block, but this is using AJAX...which I don't think will work with the block.

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sunset_bill’s picture

sunset_bill commented

Have you tried supplying some null or other default values to your exposed filters that won't generate any results?

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hardcoredev commented

Yes, I tried putting some junk characters in one of the fields...and then I reset that value on document.ready back to "".

The problem is the query still runs and really lags the page load time...when no query is neccessary.

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WorldFallz commented

http://drupal.org/search/apachesolr_search/views%20exposed%20filter%20empty leads to [Solved] set views exposed filters default to empty result set.

Not sure that will help with the page load time issue though.

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hardcoredev commented

Awesome! Thanks.

This worked out for me...and so easy without messing with the code:
http://drupal.org/node/358546#comment-1314862

No code needed...there is a checkbox for "Fail basic validation if any argument is given" which will only display the exposed filters.