try adding $this->Artist->recursive = 2;
(or other recursion level defaults to 1) values -1 only the model of interest NO joins 0 only the root level (may include belongsTo and hasOne 1 only first level of hasMany and hasAndBelongsToMany 2 ok I bet you can guess ;) hth, if not hope for someone less cranky then me On 10/23/06, Preloader <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hello cakePHP-Community, > > first of all a "Big Hello" to everybody. My name is Christoph and I'm > new to this group. I mainly coded Perl & PHP in the last years. Due to > constantly growing projects I was looking for a simple and cleary > arranged Web Application Framwork. (yeah, it took me long, but hey ... > it's never too late). > > After getting in touch with Helma and Ruby on Rails I discovered > cakePHP. It seemes to be the reasonable decision for me: I don't have > to learn another programming language and there should be no major > problems with most of the providers. > > So I started dealing with cakePHP a couple of days ago, and I am really > thrilled about this Web Application Framework. Looks like it is the > right thing for me. > > To come to my point: just for the sake of learning I want to make a > small application for organizing music cds. > > I created three models and the corresponding tables in the database: > > * Artist > * Album > * Track > > > Here the code for the models with their associations: > > _________________________________________________________________ > // Artist-Model > class ArtistModel extends AppModel > { > var $name = 'Artist'; > var $hasMany = array('Album' => array('className' => 'Album', > 'conditions' => '', > 'order' => '', > 'dependent' => true, > 'foreignKey' => 'artist_id' > ) > ); > > } > > // Album-Model > class AlbumModel extends AppModel > { > var $belongsTo = 'Artist'; > var $hasMany = array('Track' => array('className' => 'Track', > 'conditions' => '', > 'order' => '', > 'dependent' => true, > 'foreignKey' => 'album_id' > ) > ); > } > > // Track-Model > class Track extends AppModel{ > var $name = 'Track'; > > var $belongsTo = 'Album'; > } > _________________________________________________________________ > > > So I have 2 joins over three tables, seems to be clear. > > Now the index action in my ArtistsController should display all artists > with there albums and the corresponding tracks: > > > Artist > Album > Track > Track > Track > > Artist > Album > Track > Track > ... > ... > > > Now here comes my problem: when i fetch the data ... > > $data = $this->Artist->findAll(); > > ... I get the structure without the tracks: > > _________________________________________________________________ > Array > ( > [0] => Array > ( > [Artist] => Array > ( > [id] => 1 > [name] => Breaking Pavel > [description] => Vienna based electronic duo > [website] => http://www.breakingpavel.com > [created] => 2006-10-24 03:10:03 > [modified] => > ) > > [Album] => Array > ( > [0] => Array > ( > [id] => 1 > [artist_id] => 1 > [title] => Duality > [year] => 2006 > [label] => unsigned > [created] => 2006-10-24 03:10:34 > [modified] => > ) > > [1] => Array > ( > [id] => 2 > [artist_id] => 1 > [title] => Extended > [year] => 2005 > [label] => unsigned > [created] => 2006-10-24 04:11:02 > [modified] => > ) > > ) > > ) > > [1] => Array > ( > [Artist] => Array > ( > [id] => 2 > [name] => Console > [description] => Martin Gretschman's project > [website] => http://www.console.li > [created] => 2006-10-24 05:11:00 > [modified] => > ) > > [Album] => Array > ( > [0] => Array > ( > [id] => 3 > [artist_id] => 2 > [title] => Rocket In The Pocket > [year] => 1998 > [label] => Payola > [created] => 2006-10-24 05:12:04 > [modified] => > ) > > ) > > ) > > ) > _________________________________________________________________ > > > Is there something wrong with my model setup or do I have to fetch the > data for each album?? > > > Thank you very much in advance, Christoph > > P.S.: Sorry for this extra-long post. Are there any conventions > concerning source-codes in post? > > > > > -- == S. DeVore (the old fart) the advice is free, the lack of crankiness will cost you --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Cake PHP" group. To post to this group, send email to cake-php@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cake-php -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---