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I have a channel entries tag which displays Videos and then a playa pair tag (coparents) which displays related videos based on a specific field.

Now, I would like to display other videos (let's say the last two entries of the "video" channel) in case no related videos are found. I tried with {if no_coparents}...{/if} but no luck so far since I don't manage to display video channel entries inside those tags. 

{exp:channel:entries channel="video" url_title="{segment_3}" limit="1" status="open" transcribe="disable"}
  <h1>{title}</h1>
  {video_file}
  {video_description}

  <div class="block-related three columns">
    <h2 class="first-title">Related Videos</h2>
    {exp:playa:coparents channel="video" field="video_related_field" dynamic="no" limit="2"}
      <div>
        <h4>{title}</h4>
        <div>
          <a href="#">
            {if video_flickr_thumbnail}
            <img src="{video_flickr_thumbnail}" alt="{title}">
            {if:elseif video_thumbnail}
            <img src="{video_thumbnail}" alt="{title}">
            {/if}
          </a>
        </div>
      </div>
    {/exp:playa:coparents}

{!-- Now here I would like to get something in case there isn't any related video.
It would be great if I could just call {exp:channel:entries channel="video"}
to retrieve the last two videos. I tried with {if no_coparents} ... {/if}
but no luck so far. --}

  </div>
{/exp:channel:entries}
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Macxim - I just tested {if no_coparents} with great success here:

{exp:channel:entries limit="10"}
<h1>{title}</h1>
{exp:playa:coparents}
{if no_coparents}
no coparents
{/if}
parent entry id: {parent:entry_id}<br />
{/exp:playa:coparents}
{/exp:channel:entries}

Can I ask you to try this code in a template and see what results you get? Just copy/paste the above into a template. You may need a few recent tests with coparents and without. I made this as minimal as possible to test it.

Please let me know if that helps!

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  • Hello Lisa, thank your for your answer. Unfortunately, still no luck with that. no coparents was displayed even if the entry did have coparents. – Macxim Mar 20 '13 at 11:11
  • You tried with the exact code, and nothing else, Macxim? It may be time for me to login and have a look. Is that possible? If so, please email super admin details to support@pixelandtonic.com, and reference this thread. Thank you! – Lisa Mar 20 '13 at 17:48
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You'll have to embed your alternative Channel Entries loop in this case.

{exp:playa:coparents channel="video" field="video_related_field" dynamic="no" limit="2"}
    <!-- snip -->
    {if no_coparents}
        {embed="videos/_related"}
    {/if}
{/exp:playa:coparents}
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  • I was afraid someone would answer this. Isn't there any other option? Would a snippet do the thing? – Macxim Mar 7 '13 at 8:05
  • Just to be sure, {if no_coparents}...{/if} has to be inside the {exp:playa:coparents} loop? Just asking because it is not currently working. The content of {if no_coparents} appears even if there is coparents. Weird. – Macxim Mar 7 '13 at 9:26
  • Yes, the conditional has to be inside the playa:coparents tag. A snippet will not work, as it's just replaced before parsing. The issue is that you would be nesting a channel:entries tag inside another channel:entries tag, causing massive variable collision. An embed is the way to go. – Derek Hogue♦ Mar 7 '13 at 14:12
  • Do you have any clue about why the {if no_coparents}...{/if} is not working? I even checked with {exp:playa:total_coparents}, but the {if no_parents} is completely ignored, the content shows up, no matter what. – Macxim Mar 7 '13 at 14:47
  • Try with something simple, like {if no_coparents}There were no co-parents.{/if}. – Derek Hogue♦ Mar 7 '13 at 14:52

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