controller validation methods seem to have no effect.

2010-06-21 Thread Josey
Greetings, I am attempting to validate data before a save in the controller $this-data['Order']['orderid'] = 'ecommerceorderid#' $this-Order-set($this-data); $this-Order-validates(); - I manually set $this-data['Order']['orderid'] to a value that is already present in the database

Re: controller validation methods seem to have no effect.

2010-06-21 Thread Jeremy Burns | Class Outfit
If you set the value of id in your data array Cake assumes you are doing an update rather than an insert, so it might well be true that it validates. Sounds like you need to pull a set of ids from the database and remove them from the data array before attempting your save. Jeremy Burns Class

Re: controller validation methods seem to have no effect.

2010-06-21 Thread euromark
can you post your validation rules here? On 21 Jun., 18:13, Josey josey.mor...@gmail.com wrote: Greetings, I am attempting to validate data before a save in the controller $this-data['Order']['orderid'] = 'ecommerceorderid#' $this-Order-set($this-data); $this-Order-validates();

Re: controller validation methods seem to have no effect.

2010-06-21 Thread Josey
It is not the id field of the table, its another field called orderid. I kindof though I would have to do a find as well just wanted to avoid as its just that many extra calls to the database. On Jun 21, 11:18 am, Jeremy Burns | Class Outfit jeremybu...@classoutfit.com wrote: If you set the

Re: controller validation methods seem to have no effect.

2010-06-21 Thread Josey
Absolutely, The model validation variable is as follows: var $validate = array( 'orderid' = 'isUnique' ); On Jun 21, 11:19 am, euromark dereurom...@googlemail.com wrote: can you post your validation rules here? On 21 Jun., 18:13, Josey josey.mor...@gmail.com

Re: controller validation methods seem to have no effect.

2010-06-21 Thread euromark
thats not how a valid cake1.3 validation structure should look like see the manual: http://book.cakephp.org/view/125/Data-Validation On 21 Jun., 19:12, Josey josey.mor...@gmail.com wrote: Absolutely, The model validation variable is as follows:         var $validate = array(                

Re: controller validation methods seem to have no effect.

2010-06-21 Thread Josey
I am developing in 1.2.7 On Jun 21, 4:47 pm, euromark dereurom...@googlemail.com wrote: thats not how a valid cake1.3 validation structure should look like see the manual:http://book.cakephp.org/view/125/Data-Validation On 21 Jun., 19:12, Josey josey.mor...@gmail.com wrote: Absolutely,

Re: controller validation methods seem to have no effect.

2010-06-21 Thread Josey
Mark, I changed the formatting of the validation based on the link you provided and it seems to be working now. Many thanks! On Jun 21, 4:47 pm, euromark dereurom...@googlemail.com wrote: thats not how a valid cake1.3 validation structure should look like see the

Re: controller validation methods seem to have no effect.

2010-06-21 Thread Josey
I was wrong, I had an extra rule causing data to get flagged. Once I removed that all orders go thru, even invalid ones. var $validate = array( 'orderid' = array( 'isUnique' = array( 'rule' = 'isUnique', 'required' = true,

Re: controller validation methods seem to have no effect.

2010-06-21 Thread euromark
that is indeed very strange the array now looks ok... On 22 Jun., 00:06, Josey josey.mor...@gmail.com wrote: I was wrong, I had an extra rule causing data to get flagged. Once I removed that all orders go thru, even invalid ones.         var $validate = array(                 'orderid' =

Re: controller validation methods seem to have no effect.

2010-06-21 Thread Josey Morton
I will keep tinkering, thank you for your help. 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