Stuff

		while($row = $result->fetchRow(MDB2_FETCHMODE_ASSOC))
		{
			//$recTypes = array();
			$recordElements[] = $row;
			$query2 = "select rt.rectypetitle from recordType rt,rtJoin rtj
					where (rt.recType_id = rtj.recType_id) and (rtj.record_id=". $row['record_id'].")";
			
			$result2 = $connection->query($query2); 
			while($row2 = $result2->fetchRow(MDB2_FETCHMODE_ASSOC))
			{				
				//$recTypes[$row['record_id']][] = $row2;				
				$recTypes[] = $row2;
			}			

			$recordElements["recTypes"] = $recTypes;	
		}
		$smarty->assign('recElements',$recordElements);
Template------

    {foreach item=element from=$recElements}       
   
      <a href="/records/recordsDisplay/{$element.rec_short_description}">{$element.rec_short_description}</a>
   
      //{$element.firstname},{$element.rec_where}   
      <br/>  
      ...............................................................   
      <br/>   
      <b>  
           {*this is should only show results for the id passed from the outer query*}
                Category:</b>
                {foreach item=type from=$element.recTypes}
                        {$type.rectypetitle}
				spin <br/>
              {/foreach}  
      <br/>  
     The details are....<br/> 
      {$element.rec_detail_description} 
      <br/>
      ...............................................................
       <br/>
     {/foreach}