Thanks for the tip brian. Guess I'll have a go at switching from save to saveMulti and see what happens.
/Martin On Jan 20, 8:20 pm, brian <[email protected]> wrote: > Have a look in Model::__saveMulti(). I still haven't quite figured out > the logic but the HABTM model's save() is called (which would trigger > its callbacks) in some instances. But it's still a bit foggy to > myself, as well. For instance, the block beginning at line 1286 > starting with: > > foreach ((array)$data as $row) { > > ... doesn't make any sense to me at all. I can't understand how that > could work properly. > > On Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 5:02 AM, Martin Westin > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > bump... > > > My current working theory is that for some (to me) unknown reason > > (performance?) habtm relationships are created and deleted without > > fully utilizing the joining model. That is when you do: > > > $data = array( > > 'A' => stuff for A, > > 'B' =>array('B'=>array(1,3,4)) > > ); > > $this->A->save($data); > > > So I am thinking that I have to change the way I save these. > > Possibly I need to g as far as using $this->AB->delete() directly for > > unlinking. > > > And, or-course, anyone who has been down this road before could be of > > great help by nudging me in the right direction. > > > Non-essential background information: > > The reason I want to use the save and delete callbacks is that I want > > to put together a custom "counterCache" for a habtm relationship. That > > is why I want to trigger an update each time a "link" is created or > > deleted. > > > /Martin > > > On Jan 19, 8:56 am, Martin Westin <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi there, > > >> I am trying to make use of a JoinModel for the first time but can't > >> get the hang of it. First I had some problems getting the class to > >> load at all but that is taken care of. Now I cant get all the > >> callbacks to fire. > > >> I create associations between records of my two models expecting > >> beforeSave and afterSave to fire. But they don't. > > >> I know the joining model is being used ($this->ModelA->ModelAsModelB > >> == instance of my expected class) and callbacks beforeFind and > >> afterFind are firing. > > >> I found two old posts. One suggested using beforeSave (for whatever > >> purpose), suggesting to me that they should fire. The other suggested > >> using a callback on one of the "primary" models to call a custom > >> method on the joining model, suggesting that the callbacks should in > >> fact not fire. > > >> Looking at the models used in the core tests I found no joining model > >> with any callback defined. > > >> Does this mean that a joining model is really only "half a model"? > >> Since I haven't found anything to clearly state the opposite I have > >> expected these models to behave like any other once created. can > >> anyone clear the fog a little for me? > > >> /Martin --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "CakePHP" 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
