I'll update the thread with some findings after rooting through the code a bit.
Looking at the source I found out that -f does not "force 'generate' to create a new schema.". It is used "To force generation of all tables into the schema..." but not only that. It can also be used to force update to ignore the Model classes in the same way as generate and therefore update a schema generated using the option. So, Schema Shell appear to do all the important stuff I need... more testing will confirm. On Mar 25, 4:59 pm, Martin Westin <martin.westin...@gmail.com> wrote: > Ah. Thanks for the hint. > > I have models for all tables... BUT the schema generator does not find > them all since some are in plugins and some are in sub-foldes of app/ > models. I guess tables matching these models are the cause of the > problem. > > So in reality, schema shell is only fully usable in apps that do not > have plugins, multiple dbs or sub-folders inside models. Oh, and all > table must follow Cake's conventions to the letter. E.g. can't have a > table without a pk for example. > > I kind of liked the idea of the schema shell. Being abel to keep just > one schema file and letting Git do the versioning feel just right next > to the rails-type schema files. So I guess I will have to start > plowing the source to see if I can make it behave with my schema after > a reasonable amount of work. > > /Martin > > On Mar 25, 2:07 pm, "Ian M. Jones" <imijs...@googlemail.com> wrote: > > > > > Hi Martin, > > > Have you got models defined for all the tables in your schema file? > > > If not, running "cake schema run update" will try to add all the columns > > for any tables missing model files, so I discovered myself today. > > > Regards, > > > Ian > > ________________________________________ > > IMiJ > > Ltdhttp://www.imij.co.ukhttp://www.ianmjones.comhttp://twitter.com/ianmj... > > > On 25 Mar 2010, at 13:02, Martin Westin wrote: > > > > I thought I'd give schema migrations a try. But something small must > > > be horribly wrong with how I am trying to use the schema shell. > > > > I run "cake schema run update" on the database that just generated the > > > schema and the shell wants to add all the columns to the tables again. > > > That can't be right? What's wrong with my schema that the shell thinks > > > all tables are without columns? > > > > I am on Cake 1.2.6 and Apache2, php5.3, MySQL 5... on a Mac with Snow > > > Leopard. > > > > I tried creating an empty db. I ran a create and it created all > > > tables... then I ran update and it again wanted to add all (existing) > > > columns to the tables. > > > > Any ideas? > > > > Check out the new CakePHP Questions sitehttp://cakeqs.organdhelp 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 > > > athttp://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. 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.
