> > The primary key is the combination of the 2 fields. Don't do that. Give it an id. It will make your life *much* easier. It will allow you to create a model for you join table and easily model relationships <http://www.thinkingphp.org/2006/10/26/modeling-relationships-in-cakephp-faking-rails-throughassociation/>.
Compound keys are never ever a good idea. I'm not saying it can't be done, but it will make your life harder. So please, add an 'id' column to your join table. -- Felix -------------------------- My Blog: http://www.thinkingphp.org My Business: http://www.fg-webdesign.de francky06l wrote: > The primary key is the combination of the 2 fields. > > On Jul 19, 3:54 pm, rtanz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> hi when i have a join table such as users_modules do i have to make a >> separate id for the table itself or will the primary key be the >> combined fields user_id and module_id? >> >> thanks >> > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
