Thanks John, but saveField isn't doing the job either. Sharon
On 12 June, 18:07, John Andersen <j.andersen...@gmail.com> wrote: > Can you just use $this->saveField('friend_list', $friendslist) instead > of $this->save()? > Enjoy, > John > > On Jun 12, 7:57 pm, WhyNotSmile <sharongilmor...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > I'm trying to update a field in a record, using the following code: > > > $this->id = $user['User']['id']; > > $this->set('friends_list', $friendslist); > > $this->save(); > > > The record with id $user['User']['id'] exists in the db; I'm just > > trying to update the friends_list field. > > > When I do this, though, it creates a whole new record - I thought that > > if id was set, then it updated the record with that id? If I > > explicitly set id, e.g.: > > > $this->set(array('friends_list => $friendslist, $id => $user['User'] > > ['id'])); > > > if complains that a record with the primary key $user['User']['id'] > > already exists. > > > Does anyone know what I'm doing wrong? Thanks! 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