Jon, Cake allows other types for the primary key. For example, also from the CakePHP manual, you can use varchar(36) and CakePHP will use UUID's. AFAIK, any other data type, and you'll be on your own to supply the key during creates.
On Jun 21, 9:06 am, Jon Bennett <jmbenn...@gmail.com> wrote: > > i tried do save save a model which primary is a varchar (32). Nothing > > special > > > When i call save() it throws me a fatal error > > Read the conventions - Cake requires primary_keys to be > auto-incrementing integers. > > J > > -- > jon bennett -www.jben.net- blog.jben.net 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