Adjusted the views_handler_filter_chado_select_string handler so that it will not include in the drop down list any value that should be filtered out by the non-exposed filters.

tripal_views/views/handlers/views_handler_filter_chado_select_string.inc

@@ -64,19 +64,43 @@ class views_handler_filter_chado_select_string extends views_handler_filter_stri
     }
     else {
 
-      // Get Options
-      if ($this->options['optional']) {
-        //$options['<select '.$this->table.'>'] = '--None--';
-        $options['All'] = '--Any--';
+      // build a where clause that will filter the list in the drop box
+      // using fields that are not exposed and that are for the table
+      // from whcih the values in the drop box will be slected and
+      // we only want to use non-exposed fields because these are not
+      // available to the user to edit--their fixed.
+      $where = '';
+      $filters = $this->view->filter;
+      foreach($filters as $filter_name => $details){
+         // we only want to inclue non-exposed filters 
+         if($details->options['exposed'] == FALSE){
+            // we only want to filter on the table we're getting the list from
+            if(strcmp($details->table,$this->table)==0){
+              $where .= "$details->field $details->operator ". $details->value['value'];
+              $where .= ' AND ';
+            }
+         }
+      } 
+      if($where){
+         $where = "WHERE $where";
+         $where = substr($where,0,-5); # remove the final ' AND '
       }
-      $sql = "SELECT $this->field FROM $this->table ORDER BY $this->field ASC";
+
+      // get the values from the table
+      $sql = "SELECT $this->real_field FROM $this->table $where ORDER BY $this->field ASC";
       $previous_db = tripal_db_set_active('chado');  // use chado database
       $results = db_query($sql);
       tripal_db_set_active($previous_db);  // now use drupal database
+
+      // Build the select box options
       $max_length = $this->options['max_length'];
       if (!$max_length) {
         $max_length = 40;
       }
+      if ($this->options['optional']) {
+        //$options['<select '.$this->table.'>'] = '--None--';
+        $options['All'] = '--Any--';
+      }
       while ($r = db_fetch_object($results)) {
         if (drupal_strlen($r->{$this->field}) > $max_length) {
           $options[$r->{$this->field}] = drupal_substr($r->{$this->field}, 0, $max_length) . '...';