Check out the Model Associations:
http://book.cakephp.org/2.0/en/models/associations-linking-models-together.html

On Tuesday, 18 September 2012 05:27:34 UTC+3, Jeff Prater wrote:
>
> Thanks for the quick reply!
>
> Where would I be adding this? To the User model or to the Firms model? Or 
> both?
>
> On Sunday, September 16, 2012 4:30:37 AM UTC-4, Jeremy Burns wrote:
>>
>> That would do it. Then you need to set up your model associations.
>>
>> public $hasOne = array(
>> 'Manager' => array(
>> 'className'    => 'User',
>> 'foreignKey'   => 'manager_user_id'
>> ),
>> 'Contact' => array(
>> 'className'    => 'User',
>> 'foreignKey'   => 'contact_user_id'
>> )
>> );
>>
>> On 15 Sep 2012, at 21:14, Jeff Prater <je...@thoughtreactor.com> wrote:
>>
>> I'm getting started with v2.2. I'm trying to layout my database, but I'm 
>> unsure how to handle the naming conventions. I have a main table, firms, 
>> which stores all the companies/firms For each firm, I want to designate a 
>> managing user and contact user from the users table. I need to associate a 
>> specific user account from the users table. Is this the correct way to name 
>> these? After reading the conventions section in the book, I'm still a 
>> little confused as how to name these columns. Thanks!
>>
>> firms
>> ---------
>> id
>> firm_name
>> manager_user_id  **
>> contact_user_id  **
>>
>> users
>> ---------
>> id
>> user_name
>> email_address
>> etc.
>>
>>
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