Needed to use 'DISTINCT Pack.PackID' hack too. What does the unique attribute do in models,? Can't find it documented anywhere.
-Ben On Dec 12, 12:44 pm, "Chris Hartjes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Dec 11, 2007 7:46 PM, jon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > I know what you mean. I've spent three days to solve a problem that's > > three lines of regular PHP code and still no solution. Apparently > > CakePHP 'just works!' so doesn't need documentation. Yeah, well if it > > works, it's on minimum wage and giving surly customer service! And > > except for those days when it doesn't show up to work, and didn't > > think to call in so you've no idea where it's gone... > > Instead of putting down all the work that has gone into CakePHP, why > don't you try and solve the problem yourself? You have the source > code, so why can't you fix it and supply a patch. I mean, if it's > really so simple, it should be easy to fix. > > Right? > > I know this will shock a lot of people on this list, but the people > who contribute to Cake do it FOR NOTHING. As a result, bugs may tend > to languish far longer than they would if there was a dedicated core > of people getting paid to fix it. I don't know about you, but by the > time my day job is over I usually only have a few brain cells left to > devote to thinking about other projects, so I can understand why some > bugs sit around. > > I am in agreement that this bug (which is almost a year old) should be > looked after. Only question is, who is going to do it? Not you, from > the sounds of it. > > Associative data mapping is HARD. This bug in particular is hard. > Maybe I'm stupid, but this doesn't look like a non-trivial fix. It > requires a firm understanding of how the data mapping works, and there > are probably under a dozen people who fully understands how it works. > I am not one of those people, but I do know some of those people. > Hopefully one of them kept reading this thread after "Am I choosing > the right framework" and snarky comments about CakePHP not needing > documentation and giving surly customer service. I don't remember > anyone being promised anything. > > -- > Chris Hartjes > > My motto for 2007: "Just build it, damnit!" > > @TheKeyboard -http://www.littlehart.net/atthekeyboard --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
