RESOLVED: Drupal View 3 / CiviCRM integration-block update depends on user auth

[groston]

All,

In my CiviCRM installation, I support both Individual Contacts and Organization Contacts. For the Drupal site, there is a block based on a view that exposes some information about Organization Contacts. This view is configured with a Global: Random sort criteria in order to expose three different Organization on each page visit.

When I am logged into the site (as an Authenticated User or Administrator), the block works properly. When I am not logged into the site, the block does not update. Just to be clear: When logged in, each time the same page is reloaded, in three different Organization Contacts are displayed. When not logged in, the same three Organization Contacts are displayed with each page load.

The issue seems to be tied to the cache. When I cleared the Drupal caches, the Organization Contacts for the non-logged in user changed (but then remained the same as described above).

Would you please suggest a fix for this problem. Thank you!

[petednz]

hey gerry

have you ruled out everything on the drupal side by making a block to do the same as above but with drupal content not civi contacts?

[groston]

Pete,

Thanks for the reply. You are correct - I had not dug in deeply enough. The problem does seem to be a pure Drupal issue - will keep looking for an answer.

[groston]

This problem had nothing to do with CiviCRM. The problem was caused by my having the box Home » Administration » Configuration » Development » Cache pages for anonymous users. Why this had not been spotted earlier, I do not know...