I would say that element would be best but because you need to model->find
you need to use something like requestAction
or
http://mark-story.com/posts/view/reducing-requestaction-use-in-your-cakephp-sites-with-fat-models

as your doing a little and only want template echo'd in view and calls to
helpers and elements



2008/12/11 Rob Wilkerson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

>
> On Thu, Dec 11, 2008 at 12:04 PM, brian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > This is what elements are for. There's no need to modify PagesController.
>
> This is true, so let me ask a couple of follow up questions around
> best practices, etc.
>
> First, in this case, I'd only need this element once. Is an element
> still the best option?
> Second, how should I make a model available to the element so that I
> can find() the records I need to display?
>
> Thanks for your help.
>
> >
>

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