Cake's auto-HABTM saving requires the field to be named a particular way in order to recognise it.
Try naming your multiple-select field "ExportDocument.ExportDocument". $list['docs'] should also be in the format array(ExportDocument.id => name) -- Varisan International <http://www.varisan.com.au/> On Mar 5, 8:56 am, murkyt <mur...@operamail.com> wrote: > I have the following relationships set up for a database of Samples. > There are many different types of sample and each type has it's own > set of fields so I have modelled them as Supertype/Subtypes with > hasOne relationships. For an ExportSample it can have one or more > documents tied to it. > > Sample hasOne ExportSample > ExportSample HABTM ExportDocuments > > Sample Model: > var $hasOne=array > ( > 'ExportSample'; > ) > > ExportSample Model: > var $hasAndBelongsToMany=array > ( > 'ExportDocuments' > ); > > ExportDocuments Model: > var $hasAndBelongsToMany=array > ( > 'ExportSample ' > ); > > I have a form that consists of some fields from the Sample, some from > the ExportSample and a list of checkboxes for the ExportDocuments . > > echo $form->create('Sample',array('action'=>'addedit')); > echo $form->input('Sample.id'); > echo $form->input('Sample.sampletype_id'); > echo $form->input('ExportSample.samplesize_id'); > echo $form->input('ExportSample.sampleform_id'); > echo $form->input('ExportSample.id'); > echo $form->input('ExportSample.ExportDocument', array( 'type' => > 'select', 'multiple' => 'checkbox', 'options'=>$lists['docs'])); > echo $form->end('Save Changes'); > > In the controller I am saving the data with... > > $this->Sample->saveAll($this->data); > > When I use this form it saves the Sample data and the Export Sample > data from the form but it won't save the HABTM Export Documents. It > doesn't run any queries on the HABTM join table at all. If I leave out > the ExportSample.id it does save the HABTM data but with an > exportsample_id of 0. Put it back in and the HABTM data doesn't save. > > I believe the relationships are set up correctly because running a > find operation on the Sample model will show the HABTM ExportDocument > data. > > I have successfully used forms in the past with HABTM data and if the > Sample model had a HABTM relationship with Export Documents I would > have no problems - but in this case the hasOne->hasOne->HABTM > relationship seems to screw things up. > > Has anyone come across this before or got any ideas about how I can > get this to work? Check out the new CakePHP Questions site http://cakeqs.org and help others with their CakePHP related questions. 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 cake-php+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cake-php?hl=en
