No, I have not had the time to check the code. I was expecting something 
more manageable for me to review and not a full application. Or at least 
instructions for getting your code to run and where in your code the 
problem is.

On Thursday, January 22, 2015 at 5:39:21 AM UTC+1, Joe T. wrote:
>
> Did i get lost in the shuffle? i confess i've been busy with other things 
> myself, but have been checking here to see if there was any response with 
> some ideas what i'm doing wrong...
>
> Any help? Please? :)
>
> Always appreciated.
> -joe
>
>
> On Tuesday, 13 January 2015 08:04:37 UTC-5, Joe T. wrote:
>>
>> https://bitbucket.org/cautionbug/kodiak-investments
>>
>> The stuff i'm having trouble with is behind an admin login. If you need 
>> access, i'd prefer to send that privately.
>>
>> Thanks for responding & being willing to take a look.
>>
>> -joe
>>
>>
>> On Tuesday, 13 January 2015 03:38:36 UTC-5, José Lorenzo wrote:
>>>
>>> I think you should put your code somewhere so we can take a look, 
>>> otherwise trying to guess what the problem is will take a while.
>>>
>>> On Tuesday, January 13, 2015 at 4:02:56 AM UTC+1, Joe T. wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Wondering if someone can help me take a closer look at this... i'm 
>>>> still not having any luck & can't really get much forward progress until i 
>>>> understand this.
>>>>
>>>> If you need more information to determine suggestions, let me know. Any 
>>>> suggestions are appreciated.
>>>>
>>>> -joe
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Tuesday, 30 December 2014 01:52:54 UTC-5, Joe T. wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> i figured out part of my trouble, but the purpose of the original post 
>>>>> still remains.
>>>>>
>>>>> The parent record in Listings wasn't saving correctly because i didn't 
>>>>> have an `active` field in the form (*facepalm*). Corrected that. 
>>>>> Still having trouble with the date field, kinda frustrated there. But to 
>>>>> the point...
>>>>>
>>>>> When i save my data, i'm now getting a record in Listings. Yay! But 
>>>>> the associated data in ListingsAttrs is still not there. Boo!
>>>>>
>>>>> Current structure of ListingsAttrs POST data:
>>>>> [listings_attrs] => Array (
>>>>>     [4] => Array (
>>>>>         [attr_id] => 4
>>>>>     )
>>>>>     [1] => Array (
>>>>>         [attr_id] => 1
>>>>>         [value] => Off-street
>>>>>     )
>>>>> )
>>>>>
>>>>> Which now gives me this in the *$listing* Entity:
>>>>> "listings_attrs": {
>>>>>     "4": {
>>>>>         "attr_id": "4"
>>>>>     },
>>>>>     "1": {
>>>>>         "attr_id": "1",
>>>>>         "value": "Off-street"
>>>>>     }
>>>>> }
>>>>>
>>>>> This is progress! The associated data wasn't in previous debug data.
>>>>>
>>>>> So what am i still missing that it won't save that data? Remember, 
>>>>> `value` is optional to the data record, it's controlled by the UI. So 
>>>>> both of those records *should be* valid. Why then is neither of them 
>>>>> being saved?
>>>>>
>>>>> Any additional help here is appreciated.
>>>>> -joe t.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Monday, 22 December 2014 22:54:12 UTC-5, Joe T. wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Sorry this took several days to respond, i was sick all weekend, 
>>>>>> didn't get anywhere near my computer.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> i changed the names of the inputs from *listingsattrs* >> 
>>>>>> *listings_attrs* as you recommended (no clue how i missed that to 
>>>>>> begin with). My POST data now looks exactly as it did before, except for 
>>>>>> the name of that particular item. However, the log output for the 
>>>>>> $listing entity is still missing the associated ListingsAttrs data.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The ListingsAttrs Entity didn't have a $_accessible array, so i 
>>>>>> added a default:
>>>>>> $_accessible = [
>>>>>>   '*' => true
>>>>>> ];
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The controller code looks like:
>>>>>> $listing = $this->Listings->newEntity($this->request->data);
>>>>>>
>>>>>> /* i've also tried:
>>>>>> $listing = $this->Listings->newEntity($this->request->data, 
>>>>>> ['associated' => ['ListingsAttrs']]);
>>>>>> $listing = $this->Listings->newEntity($this->request->data, 
>>>>>> ['associated' => ['ItemAttrs']]);
>>>>>> $listing = $this->Listings->newEntity($this->request->data, 
>>>>>> ['associated' => ['ListingsAttrs.ItemAttrs']]);
>>>>>> $listing = $this->Listings->newEntity($this->request->data, 
>>>>>> ['associated' => ['ItemAttrs.ListingsAttrs']]);
>>>>>> */
>>>>>>
>>>>>> if ($this->Listings->save($listing)) {
>>>>>>   // etc.
>>>>>> }
>>>>>> else {
>>>>>>   throw new Exception...
>>>>>> }
>>>>>>
>>>>>> What else can i try? i appreciate the help.
>>>>>> -joe
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Friday, 19 December 2014 11:29:12 UTC-5, José Lorenzo wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> You should post a property called listings_attrs, check your entity 
>>>>>>> $_accessible array to make sure the property is also writable with 
>>>>>>> request 
>>>>>>> data.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Friday, December 19, 2014 6:29:43 AM UTC+1, Joe T. wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> i've seen a couple similar threads about this, but not my exact 
>>>>>>>> problem.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> i'm trying to follow the guide here: 
>>>>>>>> http://book.cakephp.org/3.0/en/orm/saving-data.html#converting-request-data-into-entities
>>>>>>>>  
>>>>>>>> and coming up short. *i'm not getting any errors* (except a date 
>>>>>>>> field that constantly fails if it has a value, separate issue)...so i 
>>>>>>>> have 
>>>>>>>> no idea what's happening to the data i submit, or why it isn't saved 
>>>>>>>> to the 
>>>>>>>> DB.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> My raw response data logged to Cake Debug is:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Array (
>>>>>>>>   [title] => '123 Main St'
>>>>>>>>   [street] => '123 Main St'
>>>>>>>>   [lot_no] => 1
>>>>>>>>   [lat] =>
>>>>>>>>   [lng] =>
>>>>>>>>   [city] => 'Hometown'
>>>>>>>>   [county] => 
>>>>>>>>   [state] => 'MI'
>>>>>>>>   [zip] => '49000'
>>>>>>>>   [area] => 900     
>>>>>>>>   [bedrooms] => 2     
>>>>>>>>   [bathrooms] => 1     
>>>>>>>>   [price] => 525     
>>>>>>>>   [ready_date] =>
>>>>>>>>   [listingsattrs] => Array (
>>>>>>>>     [4] => Array (
>>>>>>>>       [id] => 4
>>>>>>>>     )
>>>>>>>>     [1] => Array (
>>>>>>>>       [id] => 1
>>>>>>>>       [value] => 'Off-street'
>>>>>>>>     )
>>>>>>>>   )
>>>>>>>>   [park_id] => 1
>>>>>>>>   [house_condition_id] => 3
>>>>>>>>   [house_style_id] => 2 
>>>>>>>>   [term_id] => 2
>>>>>>>>   [info_body] => '<p>Live here. It&#39;s great!</p>'
>>>>>>>> ) 
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> i have tables *Listings*, *ItemAttrs*, and *ListingsAttrs*. In 
>>>>>>>> *ListingsTable*, the relationship is defined as:
>>>>>>>> $this->addAssociations([
>>>>>>>>   'belongsToMany' => [
>>>>>>>>     'ItemAttrs' => [
>>>>>>>>       'targetForeignKey' => 'attr_id',
>>>>>>>>       'through'          => 'ListingsAttrs',
>>>>>>>>       'saveStrategy'     => 'replace',
>>>>>>>>   ]
>>>>>>>> ])'
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> *Some* attributes are required to have a value when assigned to a 
>>>>>>>> Listing (or other parent object they can be assigned to with a similar 
>>>>>>>> relationship). When a requires-value attribute is selected for the (in 
>>>>>>>> this 
>>>>>>>> case) Listing, a text field is shown & marked as required. The value 
>>>>>>>> is 
>>>>>>>> stored in the *ListingsAttrs* record with the Listing ID and 
>>>>>>>> ItemAttr ID.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> When i submit the form, the correct attribute data is there. But it 
>>>>>>>> gets lost when i generate the Entity:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> $listing = $this->Listings->newEntity($this->request->data, [
>>>>>>>>   'associated' => ['ListingsAttrs']
>>>>>>>> ]);
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Log of *$listing*:
>>>>>>>> {
>>>>>>>>   "title": "123 Main St",
>>>>>>>>   "street": "123 Main St",
>>>>>>>>   "lot_no": "1",
>>>>>>>>   "lat": null,
>>>>>>>>   "lng": null,
>>>>>>>>   "city": "Hometown",
>>>>>>>>   "county": null,
>>>>>>>>   "state": "MI",
>>>>>>>>   "zip": "49000",
>>>>>>>>   "area": 900,
>>>>>>>>   "bedrooms": 2,
>>>>>>>>   "bathrooms": 1,
>>>>>>>>   "price": 525,
>>>>>>>>   "ready_date": null,
>>>>>>>>   "park_id": 1,
>>>>>>>>   "house_condition_id": 3,
>>>>>>>>   "house_style_id": 2,
>>>>>>>>   "term_id": 2,
>>>>>>>>   "info_body": "<p>Live here. It&#39;s great!<\/p>\r\n" 
>>>>>>>> }
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> i've tried creating the Listings entity without 'associated' at 
>>>>>>>> all, as 'associated' => 'ListingsAttrs', and 'associated' => 
>>>>>>>> 'ItemAttrs'
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> i'm trying to understand this ORM, because it *looks* like it 
>>>>>>>> should be very automated & easy to use. (By comparison, has anyone 
>>>>>>>> here 
>>>>>>>> used ZF1's ORM? Yikes.) But i don't know what i'm doing wrong here. It 
>>>>>>>> *seems* like i'm following the guide, but i'm obviously mixing 
>>>>>>>> something up.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>

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