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I'm currently running this query to get pages (not posts) from the site section:

query_posts("post_type=page&post_parent=6");

I'd like to remove one page, 271, from this query. Based on this stack I tried:

query_posts("p=-271&post_type=page&post_parent=6");

Unfortunately this had the opposite of the intended result, showing only page 271 and not the other pages in the loop. Placing the p=-271 at the end of the query had the same unsuccessful result.

How can I reverse this to show all the other pages except page 271?

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Update:

You must use exclude the page using post__not_in paremeter. Rewrite your query using the array parameters 

query_posts(array(
'post__not_in'=>array('271'),
'post_parent'=>6,
'post_type'=>'page'
)
 );

See this page for reference.

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Thanks for the quick reply. Unfortunately when I try that code it throws an error (saying it needs an array). When I try this query_posts(array("post__not_in=271&post_type=page&post_parent=6")); it displays posts instead of pages. Anything else I can try? – Ryan Mar 4 '11 at 19:51
See my edit: the query above retrieve all the childs of the page with ID 6 , excluding the page that has ID 271 – keatch Mar 4 '11 at 22:10
Works perfectly - thank you! – Ryan Mar 5 '11 at 0:22

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