Hi, Joe. First, make sure your other database's connection settings are saved in database.php
Then, in your Captcha model, set the public attribute $useDbConfig to the name of the settings in database.php. HTH. On Monday, July 7, 2014 1:18:19 AM UTC+8, Joe Theuerkauf wrote: > > Maybe i'm getting in over my head, but i'm trying to learn as much as i > can... > > i'm attempting to keep a few tables in a different database. My current > project will use them, but i want them to be more generally available for > other projects down the road (things like mime-types, captcha questions, > etc.)... i can see a tiny bit of [documentation > <http://book.cakephp.org/3.0/en/orm/table-objects.html#configuring-connections>] > > on using *defaultConnectionName* in the Table class, and i see where it's > used in the [ORM/TableRegistry > <https://github.com/cakephp/cakephp/blob/3.0/src/ORM/TableRegistry.php#L163>]. > > So i've set up a Datasource entry in App/Config/app.php, and my Table class > is like so: > > class CaptchasTable extends Table { > public static function defaultConnectionName() { > return 'websites'; > } > } > > When i load the page that calls this up, i get this: > SQLSTATE[42S02]: Base table or view not found: 1146 Table > 'kodiak.captchas' doesn't exist > > i'm actually amazed i got that far, but i'm stuck since the > *CaptchasTable* is *supposed* to connect to the other database and > provide 'websites.captchas'. > > Thanks for any help. > -- Like Us on FaceBook https://www.facebook.com/CakePHP Find us on Twitter http://twitter.com/CakePHP --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "CakePHP" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to cake-php+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to cake-php@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cake-php. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.