Thanks, I went ahead and built it that way, except the over sight of the employer_id so I will remove that from the contractes_employees table as you noted.
Dave From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jeremy Burns | Class Outfit Sent: Saturday, April 13, 2013 7:30 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Proper Relations Question I would say you need a contracts_employees table that contains the contract_id and the employee_id. When the employee logs in select all contracts with his employee number and when viewing a contract select all employees with that contract number. You don't need the employer_id in it as the employees have that field. Jeremy Burns Class Outfit http://www.classoutfit.com On 13 Apr 2013, at 10:32:45, "Advantage+" <[email protected]> wrote: I need to properly configure this model relationship and was looking for some insight. Basically : Company hasMany Employees Company hasMany Contracts I need to allow the administrator for that Company to assign a Contract to and Employee So Employee hasMany Contracts but the Contract <-> Company, what is the best way to relate the Contract <-> Employee in the database with relations? Build a separate table employees_contracts with id, contract_id, employer_id, employee_id? But how to link employee to contract without having a employee_id in the contract table? Ideally the Employee logs in and they see the set of Contracts assigned to them, without having to actually have employee_id in the Contract table since it really belongs to the Company. Any tips would be great. Thanks, Dave -- Like Us on FaceBook <https://www.facebook.com/CakePHP> https://www.facebook.com/CakePHP Find us on Twitter <http://twitter.com/CakePHP> http://twitter.com/CakePHP --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "CakePHP" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to <mailto:[email protected]> [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to <mailto:[email protected]> [email protected]. Visit this group at <http://groups.google.com/group/cake-php?hl=en> http://groups.google.com/group/cake-php?hl=en. For more options, visit <https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out> https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- Like Us on FaceBook https://www.facebook.com/CakePHP Find us on Twitter http://twitter.com/CakePHP --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "CakePHP" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cake-php?hl=en. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- Like Us on FaceBook https://www.facebook.com/CakePHP Find us on Twitter http://twitter.com/CakePHP --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "CakePHP" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cake-php?hl=en. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
