The terms "hasOne", "hasMany", "belongsTo" and "HABTM" and just terms to make it easier to understand. It doesn't actually mean that one table belongs to another table 100% of the time, its just the easy way of saying.
But in your example, it seems like ZipLocation belongsTo State and State hasMany ZipLocation. On Mar 18, 12:18 pm, TheHerk <theh...@gmail.com> wrote: > What you say makes sense. It makes sense to me that zip belong to > states because they really are the further breakdown. What I don't > understand is relations where child classes have many different > parents. I assume I am just over-thinking it, as per usual. Maybe it > really is as simple as it seems. Thank you for your help. > > If anybody is willing to look at the entire class diagram and tell me > if I'm headed down the wrong path or possible have it correct, please > do so. I'd be happy to email to you. > > On Mar 18, 9:00 am, John Andersen <j.andersen...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > If I understand you correctly, then you consider the ZipLocation to be > > the parent of the State? > > > My understanding of the situation is the reverse, one State may have > > one or more ZipLocations, so one ZipLocation belongs to one State. > > > So your diagram looks correct with regard to the relationship between > > ZipLocation and State :) > > Enjoy, > > John > > > On Mar 18, 4:41 am, TheHerk <theh...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Here is a link to a screenshot of a class diagram I am working on, > > > with noted model associations. There are several relationships in the > > > diagram that feel wrong to me. The one in the diagram that illustrates > > > this is between ZipLocation and State. In this case, state is > > > enumerated in its own table. For some reason, to me, it seems strange > > > that ZipLocation, the parent, is belongsTo. I keep thinking in my > > > head, “Each ZipLocation has one associated State,” but it doesn't seem > > > to work that way. There are several more instances of this dilemma, > > > but they are just the same. > > > >http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a24/atomickeg/public/classes.png > > > > Does this look remotely correct? 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 To unsubscribe from this group, send email to cake-php+unsubscribegooglegroups.com or reply to this email with the words "REMOVE ME" as the subject.
