How blind am I? I never spotted that with updateAll(), which is the only time we use the $fields array in this manner, but then again whenever I use updateAll() it's to change the value of some flags so my value must have always been 1 or 0 and therefore worked without an issue.
Learn something new every day :) Paul. On Aug 22, 8:14 am, ShadowCross <[email protected]> wrote: > In the updateAll() section of the CakePHP Book (http:// > book.cakephp.org/view/1031/Saving-Your-Data) has the following > information box: > > The $fields array accepts SQL expressions. Literal values should be > quoted manually. > > It's a bit terse, but basically it's saying that if you want to update > a field with a specific string value, you need to include quotes as > part of the string. Without the quotes, your string is interpreted as > an SQL expression; so your database is thinking that sky is a column > name and not a literal value. This allows you to reference columns in > the "value", e.g. array('Post.counter' => 'counter + 1'). Since > updateAll() automatically joins belongsTo tables, this can be > particularly powerful. Note that this applies only to the $fields > array, and differs significantly from the $conditions array. > > Your code should be: > > $this->Theme->updateAll(array('Theme.name' => '"' . $name . '"'), > array('Theme.user_id' => $id)); -- 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 [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cake-php
