> "What does '3' mean? Let's go and look in the code - oops, I don't know how
> to."
not only this. Suppose you need to add the #4 record - or maybe change
something on the #3.
the array datasource is, IMO, the right answer for this problem. It
allows to keep the data where it belongs, in the M of MVC. however, as
jeremy pointed out, if your data is going to live outside cakephp,
problems arise.
Sometimes, for this kind of problem, I use varchar keys, so instead of
having autoincremental ids, I have readable things. InnoDB is ok with
that, and performance in a 500Mb database is good. Don't mentioning
the code - it's SO much better to write
$data = $this->Model->find('all', array( 'conditions' =>
array( 'type_id' => 'unconfirmed' ) ) );
than 'type_id' => 1.
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