Thank you so much for the reply. I had a look at all the possible areas for any restrictions and couldnt find any.. I did a debug too but cant find any restrictions
SELECT t0.id AS pid,t0.pk AS pk,t0.pkb AS pkb,t0.parent_id AS parent,t0.author_id AS author,t0.cck AS cck,t0.storage_location AS loc,tt.id AS type_id,tt.alias AS type_alias
FROM `#__cck_core` AS t0
LEFT JOIN `#__content` AS t1 ON t1.id = t0.pk
LEFT JOIN `#__cck_core_types` AS tt ON tt.name = t0.cck
WHERE t1.state = 1
AND t1.access IN (1,1,2)
AND ( t1.publish_up = '0000-00-00 00:00:00' OR t1.publish_up <= '2016-12-20 00:25' )
AND ( t1.publish_down = '0000-00-00 00:00:00' OR t1.publish_down >= '2016-12-20 00:25' )
AND t0.cck = 'buyability_network'
ORDER BY t1.title ASC
SELECT COUNT(t0.id)
FROM `#__cck_core` AS t0
LEFT JOIN `#__content` AS t1 ON t1.id = t0.pk
LEFT JOIN `#__cck_core_types` AS tt ON tt.name = t0.cck
WHERE t1.state = 1
AND t1.access IN (1,1,2)
AND ( t1.publish_up = '0000-00-00 00:00:00' OR t1.publish_up <= '2016-12-20 00:25' )
AND ( t1.publish_down = '0000-00-00 00:00:00' OR t1.publish_down >= '2016-12-20 00:25' )
AND t0.cck = 'buyability_network'
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