http://book.cakephp.org/view/1046/Multiple-relations-to-the-same-model
Jeremy Burns
Class Outfit
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On 27 Jun 2010, at 13:13, jtomka wrote:
> Hey guys,
>
> I'm new to CakePHP and already stuck. I'm trying to use a common
> "contact" table and multiple tables, each referencing it one or more
> times.
>
> The schema goes something like this:
> contacts (id, name, address, phone, email)
> practice_sites (id, title, contact_id)
> practitioners (id, contact_id, qualifications)
> clients (id, contact_id, emergency_id, guardian_id) // each
> referencing the contact table
>
> Now how do I define relationships between the common contact table and
> each of the remaining ones? I'd love to be able to say "practice_site
> hasone contact", "practitioner hasone contact", "client hasone
> contact".
>
> Related to my schema design, is there a (generic, reusable) way to
> make the "contact" record creation/update a part of creation/update of
> a record referencing it? E.g. client add/edit form containing the
> contact table fields (as opposed to scaffolding's reference dropdown)?
>
> Cheers,
> Jan
>
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