MAGENTO - Display sub-category products in root category

Question

i havent been able to find the answer for this anywhere but i cant seen to display any of the products on the root categories page from its sub category members. When i click th

Answer 1

First identify the attribute id of the is_anchor attribute:

SELECT * FROM eav_attribute where attribute_code = 'is_anchor';

we Get attribute id 51 in my database. Now run the following query

UPDATE catalog_category_entity_int set value = 1 where attribute_id = 51;

replace 51 with your own attribute id. And just rebuild these indexes