Awesome, thanks everyone! I think I'm going to opt for removing the associating and just taking care of it in my queries.
On Mar 2, 5:34 pm, euromark <dereurom...@googlemail.com> wrote: > i agree with gremlin > foreign_key + model is an example for this > > everything else i would set right inside the querying model method > > On 2 Mrz., 23:06, gremlin <abba.bry...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > > I tend to define conditions in associations on very few occasions. One > > good use is for polymorphic models (you need to define the field => > > modelName mapping) and for models that have a enum field (or similar) > > that determines some behavior of the model. IE log models and for > > defining self referencing tables where I tend to use an relationship > > alias (ParentNode, ChildNode) > > > This isn't the only time you might define conditions in the > > relationship but these are the only ones that pop to mind. > > > On Mar 2, 11:43 am, "Krissy Masters" <naked.cake.ba...@gmail.com> > > wrote: > > > > Personaly I never set any conditions in the relations (hasOne, hasMany > > > ....) > > > > all conditions are defined in the function since depending on why I am > > > getting the data and for who conditions constantly change. > > > > You can say conditions Posts => 1 //active so you only by default display > > > all active Post. > > > > but then when its time to get all users posts so they can edit their data > > > you need to set condition where Post.id => $user_id. If you kept the > > > regular > > > condition you would only pull that users active posts not all. > > > > But I just developed from day 1 like this so also would be curious to see > > > what others are doing in regards to the other params available for > > > relations. > > > > Good question :) > > > > K > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: cake-php@googlegroups.com [mailto:cake-php@googlegroups.com] On > > > Behalf > > > > Of Eric Anderson > > > Sent: Wednesday, March 02, 2011 3:57 PM > > > To: CakePHP > > > Subject: How to properly use "conditions" in model associations > > > > Hi everyone, > > > > I'm wondering what is the 'proper' or 'suggested' way of using > > > "conditions" in model associations. I'm using an Activity model to log > > > activities performed throughout my app. I then use this table to > > > output activity feed / notifications style sections to users. The > > > problem I'm having is that Cake throws a "column not found" error (I > > > guess technically it's MySQL throwing the error). When running a > > > query, Cake for some reason formulates the query so that MySQL is > > > looking for columns from my Activity table inside of other tables. Do > > > I need to specify "conditions" in both my User and Activity model, as > > > shown below? When I remove the conditions from the Activity model, > > > everything runs fine. > > > > <?php > > > > class Activity extends AppModel { > > > > var $name = 'Activity'; > > > var $actsAs = array('Containable'); > > > > var $belongsTo = array( > > > > // Doers > > > 'User' => array( > > > 'className' => 'User', > > > 'foreignKey' => 'doer_id', > > > 'conditions' => array('Activity.doer_table' => > > > 'users') > > > ) > > > } > > > ?> > > > > <?php > > > > class User extends AppModel { > > > > var $name = 'User'; > > > var $actsAs = array('Containable'); > > > > var $hasMany = array( > > > 'Activity' => array( > > > 'className' => 'Activity', > > > 'foreignKey' => 'doer_id', > > > 'conditions' => array( > > > 'Activity.doer_table' => 'users' > > > ), > > > 'dependent' => true > > > ); > > > } > > > ?> > > > > -- > > > Our newest site for the community: CakePHP Video > > > Tutorialshttp://tv.cakephp.org > > > Check out the new CakePHP Questions sitehttp://ask.cakephp.organdhelp > > > 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 > > > athttp://groups.google.com/group/cake-php -- 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
