Some info on how 'with' is used can be found here: http://www.cakephp.org/files/OCPHP.pdf Note: - using 'with' is optional, - scaffold controller methods and views built with bake wont take care of extra fields
On Dec 12, 3:43 pm, Mr-Yellow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Went looking for the code I had sorted for this but can't find it > right now. > > Cake 1.2 + the "with" model attribute. > Involves creating a model for the join and telling it's children which > table to use for the join. > > One problem is Cake doesn't allow you to use the combined FKs as PK. > So you need an auto-number in your bridge table (ewwww). > So make sure you add another unique index to keep the bridge table > data clean. > > -Ben > > On Dec 12, 10:31 am, MonkeyGirl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hi. > > > Thanks for your help before, everyone... This one's just a quick > > question. I'm pretty sure the answer's "just make the new model and > > stop being lazy", but I'd like to make sure just in case. > > > I've got a project with a has-and-belongs-to-many relationship, > > linking a products table to a features table, so that each product can > > have several features, and each feature can have several products. > > I've got a form where you tick all the features you want each product > > to have, and thanks to CakePHP I don't even have to write any complex > > code to work out which ticks are new and which have gone, it > > automatically works all of that out. Brilliant. > > > Now the client wants some of these features to be "key features", > > meaning I'll need to put in an extra boolean type column in the > > linking table to say if any of the ticked features are extra specially > > important to that particular product or not. My question is this: do I > > need to replace this simple HABTM relationship with two regular > > belongs-to/has-many relationships, and make a proper model for the > > linking table? > > > Sorry to trouble you with a question that I'm pretty sure I already > > know the answer to, but I'd really be kicking myself if I found out > > HABTM relationships can handle extra information about the linking > > table. > > > Thank you very much, > > Zoe. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
