Think I resolved it, but happy for someone to confirm if this is a good solution. When searching for issues surrounding Model::save blanking the data array I came across a blog post on debuggable from 2007:
http://debuggable.com/posts/modelsave-now-returns-an-array:480f4dd6-0a7c-4026-ad5a-49c8cbdd56cb Armed with the fact that I now knew Model::save returns Model->data I changed the save function to the following: $count = $joinModel->find('count', array( 'fields'=>$assocData['associationForeignKey'], 'conditions'=>array($assocData['foreignKey'] => $model->id) )); $model->set($field, $count); $model->data = $model->save($model->data, array('validate' => false, 'callbacks' => false)); By changing saveField() to save() and adding $model->data = in front of the save call I retain my data array. Paul Check out the new CakePHP Questions site http://cakeqs.org and help others with their CakePHP related questions. 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 To unsubscribe from this group, send email to cake-php+unsubscribegooglegroups.com or reply to this email with the words "REMOVE ME" as the subject.
