Naturally .... not too long after I post I come across the Core Behavior "Containable" (http://book.cakephp.org/view/474/Containable). Same thing ... different name .... hopefully.
On Sep 22, 7:15 pm, Brenton B <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm guessing this might be what's > needed:http://bakery.cakephp.org/articles/view/bindable-behavior-control-you... > > Will check it out ... > > On Sep 22, 6:58 pm, Brenton B <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Still trying to wrap my head around Cake's intricacies ... and get RoR > > conventions out of my head ... > > > So I've got a User > > I've also got WebpageType (ex: Main, Bio, Blog, etc.) > > I then have these 2 tables linked, which has an extra field for the > > URL. > > > I've set this all up using HABTM and `with`. > > > All well and good, except if I have multiple of the same type of > > webpage, in which case it only returns the first row of each unique > > type. doh!! > > > Personally I think the HABTM + `with` doesn't really make much sense - > > it's a bit reverse because it's getting the WebpageType with the join > > attached. For example, in this specific circumstance I want a user and > > all of the users webpages with the name of the type attached. > > > Now, of course, I could do increase how recursive it is, but it > > obviously gets a few more levels than I want (because there are some > > other tables that are joined that would end up retrieving the user > > again). Or I could do some fancy juggling and bind some models > > together dynamically, but that's adding some complexity on top of what > > I figure should be fairly straight forward. > > > Keep in mind that I'm coming from a RoR background, where there is > > something similar to the `with` fanciness; however, it's in the > > retrieving. So when retrieving a record, you can specify which > > associations to retrieve - most importantly, this is done as a > > parameter in options: > > > user->find('first', array('with' => array('UserWebpageType' => > > array('WebpageType')))); > > > Something I'm missing? > > > Thanks. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cake-php?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
