Thanks Langdon - I'll look those up today. I have been searching amongst HABTM posts in this group, but hadn't come across this one. Strangely, it had crossed my mind as a solution, but I thought I was getting too complicated.
Off I go, cheers, Dan On Mar 14, 1:27 am, Langdon Stevenson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi dan > > > somebody has a really easy explanation of how to deal with HABTMs with > > extra fields... > > If you need extra fields in the join table, then the standard solution > in Cake is along these lines: > > Table1 (hasMany JoinTable) > > JoinTable (belongsTo Table1 and belongsTo Table2) > > Table2 (hasMany Join Table) > > So you need a model for each of the three tables, where as with a HABTM > association you only need models for Table1 and Table2. > > If you search this group you will find lots of information on this topic > as it is a common problem. > > Regards, > Langdon --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Cake PHP" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cake-php?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
