I created a behavior that automatically does just this. I wrote about it in my blog:
Automatically prevent records with depending children from being deleted: http://josh.ch/wordpress/?p=80 I hope somebody will this useful. Please comment on it, I'm happy to optimize it if needed. :-) On Tue, Oct 19, 2010 at 4:15 PM, Joshua Muheim <psybea...@gmail.com> wrote: > So it seems there's no such functionality yet? I will try to create a > component or something for this... > > On Thu, Sep 16, 2010 at 12:17 PM, Jeremy Burns | Class Outfit > <jeremybu...@classoutfit.com> wrote: >> Go directly to the source; use referential integrity in InnoDB. >> >> Jeremy Burns >> Class Outfit >> >> jeremybu...@classoutfit.com >> http://www.classoutfit.com >> >> On 16 Sep 2010, at 11:12, psybear83 wrote: >> >>> Hi all >>> >>> I know that I can use the dependent flag to automatically delete all >>> the associated model objects. >>> >>> But I'd rather have an option to prevent deletion of the object as >>> long as it's having other depending objects. Is there an easy way to >>> do this? >>> >>> Thanks a lot >>> Josh >>> >>> 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 >> >> 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 >> > -- Our newest site for the community: CakePHP Video Tutorials http://tv.cakephp.org Check out the new CakePHP Questions site http://ask.cakephp.org and help others with their CakePHP related questions. 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