that is the limitation of the framework, i think. If mapping is too difficult and it makes system hard to maintain in the future, maybe changing to the other frameworks is a not-too-bad solution (Zend ??? )
On Mon, Sep 5, 2011 at 7:19 PM, Cruisine <[email protected]> wrote: > @WebbedIT > its up to 100 tables and still being accesed by that application...in > fact this application is still running..due to the integration issue > with another application which is using PHP as the engine, i need to > re-develop the application into PHP. and i considered to use Cakephp > as the framework since another application was built by this framework > as well. > just for info, the old app was built by java and i don't have an > authority to build a new database.. > > > On Sep 5, 6:43 pm, WebbedIT <[email protected]> wrote: > > Cruisine, > > > > How many tables are we talking about? Is the old application using > > this database still going to be accessing it or will your new one be > > the sole point of access? > > > > As Greg says, it certainly can be done, but soo much easier to write > > an import script and migrate the system to a new database. May take > > some time up front, but will save so much more in the long run. > > > > HTH, Paul > > @phpMagpie > > > > On Sep 5, 8:20 am, Cruisine <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > to be honest,i don't really want this happen.but what am i supposed to > > > do?i cant build new database since the current database have lots of > > > datas inside. after i read ur reply i started to think like that as > > > well.my work will be hard later. i have to define lots of things on > > > the model and i don't have an idea about the unpreddicted issues which > > > will follow later. > > > > > do you have any idea to solve this problem? > > > > > On Sep 5, 10:39 am, Greg Skerman <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > >http://book.cakephp.org/view/1057/Model-Attributesisagood place to > start. > > > > > > you can configure in most circumstances cake to talk to any old > database - > > > > you just end up losing some of the magic and writing more code as a > result. > > > > > > for a model which does not comply with the convention you will at > least need > > > > to: > > > > > > 1) define the table name ($useTable) > > > > 2) define the primary key ($primaryKey) > > > > 3) define the display name ($displayName) > > > > > > you'll also need to provide more verbose settings in the model > associations > > > > in order to get them to play nice... > > > > > > On Mon, Sep 5, 2011 at 9:34 AM, Cruisine <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > hi guys, i need to know something important about naming > convention. > > > > > yeah, i've been using naming convention while developing all my app > > > > > all the time. but recently a problem appeared. let say i've got a > > > > > project to re-developing an app ( from non-cakephp to cakephp) > which > > > > > already had a database. and of course since the app hadn't been > built > > > > > by cakephp the database also didn't follow the cakephp naming > > > > > convention rules. > > > > > the question i have is, how do i make an application using cakephp > > > > > with that database?is it still possible to built a cakephp project > > > > > without following naming convention rules? > > > > > > > need ur help soon.thank you. > > > > > > > -- > > > > > Our newest site for the community: CakePHP Video Tutorials > > > > >http://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 > > > > > [email protected] 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 > [email protected] For more options, visit this group > at http://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 [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cake-php
