Model::saveField() still requires a valid primary key, which I suspect he is setting to NULL at the beginning of his method.
On Aug 12, 9:30 pm, eusef <[email protected]> wrote: > If you know which field you need to update perhaps you could try > using : > > saveField(string $fieldName, string $fieldValue, $validate = false) > > From > :http://book.cakephp.org/view/75/Saving-Your-Data > > GL - Phil > > On Aug 11, 8:03 pm, tron <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I have a problem with one specific controller trying to INSERT instead > > of UPDATE and I am getting duplicate entry errors. the "$this->data" > > variable contains the correct primary key of table I'm trying to > > update, but still tries to INSERT instead. Most notable text message > > is this in the debug dump: SELECT COUNT(*) AS `count` FROM `employees` > > AS `Employee` WHERE `Employee`.`id` IS NULL. Apparently its not > > getting the id at all? > > > Code: > > > function edit( $id = null ) > > { > > pr( $id ); > > pr( $this->data ); > > $this->Employee->id = $id; > > > if( !empty( $this->data ) ) > > { > > if( $this->Employee->save( $this->data ) ) > > { > > } > > > } else { > > $this->data = $this->Employee->read( null, $id ); > > } > > } > > > Both the pr functions display the correct data that suggests it should > > be doing an UPDATE instead of INSERT. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
