What I do with relationships like these is to use the *TreeBehavior.* It works pretty well; you can check it out here http://book.cakephp.org/2.0/en/core-libraries/behaviors/tree.html
On Thursday, 23 August 2012 10:17:32 UTC-4, kevin.ncbible wrote: > > Thank you, so much, for taking the time to help. I do appreciate how > quickly individuals here has shared their expertise. > > I have a model, called "Topic", with a hasOne association to another > model, called "Passage." In the Passage model is a field that I always need > when calling up Topic data: this field is called "ref_abbr." I can get a > view of "Topic" that includes this "Passage" field just fine, > e.g.: $topic['Passage']['ref_abbr'] > > Now, here's the question: The "Topic" model also has a self association > setup with $belongsTo ParentTopic and $hasMany ChildTopic. So, when I get a > view of "Topic" it also shows its children listed at the bottom of the > page. That works great, but I want that Passage ref_abbr field included in > this list as well. So, how do I get a view of ChildTopic that also includes > this Passage field, e.g. something like: $childTopic['ref_abbr'] -- but > that does not actually work. > > Is there more I need to do in setting up the association in the Topic > model? Right now I have: > > public $hasOne = array( > 'Passage' => array( > 'className' => 'Passage', > 'foreignKey' => 'topic_id' ) ); > > public $belongsTo = array( > 'ParentTopic' => array( > 'className' => 'Topic', > 'foreignKey' => 'parent_id' ) ); > > public $hasMany = array( > 'ChildTopic' => array( > 'className' => 'Topic', > 'foreignKey' => 'parent_id', > 'dependent' => false ) ); > > Do I need to manually specify a join for ChildTopic to the Passage model? > > Thank you! > Kevin > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "CakePHP" group. To post to this group, send email to cake-php@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to cake-php+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cake-php?hl=en-US.
