$result = $connection->query($query); 

		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[] = $row2;				
			}
			$smarty->assign('recTypes',$recTypes);			
		}
		$smarty->assign('recElements',$recordElements);

Template -- Code

{section name=official loop=$recElements}

<a href="/records/recordsDisplay/{$recElements[official].rec_short_description}">{$recElements[official].rec_short_description}</a>
//{$recElements[official].firstname},{$recElements[official].rec_where}
<br/>

...............................................................
<br/>
<b>
     {*this is should only show results for the id passed from the outer query*}
	Category:</b>
	{section name=categories loop=$recTypes}
		{$recTypes[categories].rectypetitle}
	{/section}
	
<br/>

The details are....<br/>
{$recElements[official].rec_detail_description}
	
<br/>
...............................................................
<br/>
{/section}