Why does a basic Drupal view return no results

Question

I am starting out with views and I wrote an extremely simple view which really just filters if the node is published and if it is of type banner. In preview and when I try to print the view I get no results. When I search through my content and filter by type banner and published, I get 3 results (in /content/node/overview). I must be doing something basic and stupid, any suggestions for how I can figure out what I have done wrong?

I am starting out with views and I wrote an extremely simple view which really just filters if the node is published and if it is of type banner. In preview and when I try to print the view I get no results. When I search through my content and filter by type banner and published, I get 3 results (in /content/node/overview). I must be doing something basic and stupid, any suggestions for how I can figure out what I have done wrong?

View: http://www.randomcrapilike.com/test/view_capture.jpg

Answer 1

Have you tried creating a block view and then seeing if it outputs properly in the block region on the front end?

Answer 2

A few troubleshooting steps based on your screenshot...

• Try including the node ID in the fields section to make sure the issue isn't with your CCK fields.
• Try a different display type than 'slideshow' to make sure the issue isn't with that (non-standard) display type.
• Try taking the preview query and running it directly against your database. Do you get any results or error messages?