Thank you for your response. Do you mean use the cake bake scaffold thingy to generate a scaffold?
On Fri, Mar 6, 2009 at 11:17 AM, Xoubaman <[email protected]> wrote: > Use the console to generate basic crud actions for your models. You > can generate the models also. The code will be simple enough to get a > idea about how cake works. > > On Mar 6, 4:53 pm, a_summer <[email protected]> wrote: > > Good Day, > > > > Thank you for taking the time to read this discussion. > > > > I am new to MVC design, and I need to understand how to create a view/ > > controller that will insert records into a model that uses the hasMany > > association. > > > > The table layout and code for the models is below: > > > > MySQL DB Create Table > > [solutions] > > > > CREATE TABLE `solutions` > > ( > > `id` int(11) NOT NULL > > auto_increment, > > `title` varchar(255) default > > NULL, > > `teaser` > > text, > > `user_id` int(11) default > > NULL, > > `status_id` int(11) default > > NULL, > > `created` datetime default > > NULL, > > `modified` datetime default > > NULL, > > PRIMARY KEY > > (`id`) > > ) ENGINE=InnoDB AUTO_INCREMENT=4 DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8 > > CHECKSUM=1 DELAY_KEY_WRITE=1 ROW_FORMAT=DYNAMIC > > > > [sections] > > > > CREATE TABLE `sections` ( > > `id` int(11) NOT NULL auto_increment, > > `title` text, > > `content` text, > > `solution_id` int(11) default NULL, > > `created` datetime default NULL, > > `modified` datetime default NULL, > > PRIMARY KEY (`id`) > > ) ENGINE=InnoDB AUTO_INCREMENT=5 DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1 > > > > Models > > > > <?php > > > > # /apps/models/solution.php > > > > class Solution extends AppModel > > { > > var $name = 'Solution'; > > > > #Validations > > var $validate = array ( > > 'title' => array ( > > 'rule' => > > 'notEmpty' > > ), > > 'user_id' => array ( > > 'rule' => > > 'notEmpty' > > ), > > 'teaser' => array ( > > 'rule' => > > 'notEmpty' > > ), > > 'status_id' => array ( > > 'rule' => > > 'notEmpty' > > ) > > ); > > #Associations > > var $hasMany = array ( > > 'Section' => array ( > > 'className' => > > 'Section', > > 'foreignKey' => > > 'solution_id', > > 'order' => > > 'Section.created ASC', > > 'dependent' => true > > ) > > ); > > > > } > > > > ?> > > > > ++ > > > > <?php > > > > # /apps/models/section.php > > > > class Section extends AppModel > > { > > var $name = 'Section'; > > > > #Validations > > var $validate = array ( > > 'title' => array ( > > 'rule' => > > 'notEmpty' > > ), > > 'content' => array ( > > 'rule' => > > 'notEmpty' > > ), > > 'solution_id' => array ( > > 'rule' => > > 'notEmpty' > > ) > > ); > > #Associations > > var $belongsTo = array ( > > 'Solution' => array ( > > 'className' => > > 'Solution', > > 'foreignKey' => > > 'solution_id' > > ) > > ); > > > > } > > > > ?> > > > > Now, in my old and flawed method of coding, I would include a form > > with a hidden field that includes the solution_id. > > > > Since I am trying to understand MVC, I know I will need a view to > > manage the input form for inserting a new section. But I am stuck on > > the controller ... how do I ensure that the controller includes the > > correct solution_id? > > > > Thanks in advance for any assistance you can provide! > > > > A Summer > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
