query posts and custom post type with meta key

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I’m trying to query all-in-one-event-calendar’s custom post type ai1ec_event and normal wordpress posts in a slider on my home page. That works pretty well.

Now I want to query only the posts with the custom field value “teaser”, but that returns just normal posts, not the events.

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<?php
query_posts( array(
'post_type'=>array('post','ai1ec_event'),   
'posts_per_page' => 50,
'meta_query' => array(
    array(
        'key' => 'teaser',
        'value' => 'on'        
    )
)
);
?>

Even if I leave out the post type query: 

<?php
query_posts( array(
'meta_query' => array(
    array(
        'key' => 'teaser',
        'value' => 'on'        
    )
)
);
?>

it only returns posts, no events.

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  1. I’m afraid WP_Query is not able to fetch (Posts with custom field) or (ailec_even). You’ll have to query the firs one, than the second one and merge those arrays. Use WP_Query instead of query_posts.

    I’ve just tried it on my local installation and this code called from index.php of twentytwelve works (brings post with title “Hello post” and ai1ec_event with title “Event” – both with custom field “teaser” with value “on”

    $events_query = new WP_Query( array('post_type' => array('ai1ec_event', 'post'), 'meta_query' => array( array( 'key' => 'teaser', 'value' => 'on' ) )) );
while ( $events_query->have_posts() ) :
    $events_query->the_post();
    echo get_the_title() . '<br/>';
endwhile;

    Have to say that both (post end event) were created by admin user – I’ve checked the code and there is an extensive part with custom capabilities.