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                if ( ! empty($groupby) )
                        $groupby = 'GROUP BY ' . $groupby;
                if ( !empty( $orderby ) )
                        $orderby = 'ORDER BY ' . $orderby;
                $found_rows = '';
                // if ( !empty($limits) )
                //      $found_rows = 'SQL_CALC_FOUND_ROWS';

                // $request = " SELECT $found_rows $distinct $fields FROM $wpdb->posts $join WHERE 1=1 $where $groupby $orderby $limits";
                $request = " SELECT $distinct $fields FROM $wpdb->posts $join WHERE 1=1 $where $groupby $orderby $limits";
                $this->request = apply_filters('posts_request', $request);

                $this->posts = $wpdb->get_results($this->request);
                // Raw results filter.  Prior to status checks.
                $this->posts = apply_filters('posts_results', $this->posts);

                if ( !empty($this->posts) && $this->is_comment_feed && $this->is_singular ) {
                        $cjoin = apply_filters('comment_feed_join', '');
                        $cwhere = apply_filters('comment_feed_where', "WHERE comment_post_ID = '{$this->posts[0]->ID}' AND comment_approved = '1'");
                        $comments_request = "SELECT $wpdb->comments.* FROM $wpdb->comments $cjoin $cwhere ORDER BY comment_date_gmt DESC LIMIT " . get_option('posts_per_rss');
                        $this->comments = $wpdb->get_results($comments_request);
                        $this->comment_count = count($this->comments);
                }

                if ( !empty($limits) ) {
                        // $found_posts_query = apply_filters( 'found_posts_query', 'SELECT FOUND_ROWS()' );
                        $count="$distinct $fields"; $first=strpos($count,','); if ($first!==false) {$count=substr($count,0,$first-1);}
                        $found_posts_query = " SELECT count($count) FROM $wpdb->posts $join WHERE 1=1 $where $groupby";
                        $this->found_posts = $wpdb->get_var( $found_posts_query );
                        $this->found_posts = apply_filters( 'found_posts', $this->found_posts );
                        $this->max_num_pages = ceil($this->found_posts / $q['posts_per_page']);
                }