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I am trying to insert a civi_view into a drupal node automatically using viewfield module.  To do this, I need to create a block/page which is based on an argument.  The best (I think) way to do this is for the argument to be based on the event-date YEAR.  The reason for this is that the drupal nodes have both a year field in them, and the link has the year in it.  

For example: I have an annual meeting in 2011.  Its DRUPAL page is /annual-meetings/2011.  I would like this page to automatically pull by civi-block which for the 2011 event information.  It seems logical that I could do this by creating the civi-block view, and making an argument which filters on the YEAR of the start/end date.  This then inserts the view only on those pages which have the same YEAR in the URL.  

But...I can't see how to do this in the argument field within views. I.e., I can't create an argument that restricts by the event start/end year, UNLESS:

I create a default argument using PHP which looks for a match between event-start-date year and the year in the URL or in the drupal note itself (this latter requires a relationship which is not currently allowed between civi-views and drupal nodes).  I have no idea how to even begin doing this.  Any suggestions are welcome!

maria