So would the model be automatically be built with the correct properties and types by telling it which table to read from? If I just have to setup the tables, that would work too, but what I dont want is to have to maintain a model as well as a table structure independently.
On Jan 25, 7:02 pm, mark_story <[email protected]> wrote: > No. Cake has always taken the approach of basing the models off the > schema, not the other way around. This is not planned to change for > 2.0. > > -Mark > > On Jan 25, 2:56 pm, maxarbos <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hello, > > > Will cake2 have any sort of automatic table schema creation and > > management? > > I have been using grails for a bit and it has an orm built in that > > creates and manages table schemas. > > So to create a table for people i create a class: People and add > > properties for firstName, lastName, etc... and if there is no 'People' > > table, one is created with the fields: 'first_name', 'last_name'. > > > if i remove any property, that column is dropped. > > > I would prefer to not have to manage the tables and FK relationships > > independantly of the application. (grails gives you the ability to set > > specific field types, sizes, etc..but defaults to certain types/sizes > > for 'Integer', 'String', etc...) > > > I see a package RedBeanPHP, but cannot get it working (due to my > > knowledge limit on it) with the other LIght framework I am testing > > out. > > > Thanks. > > > Cake 2 : Any sort of automatic schema creation from models? -- Our newest site for the community: CakePHP Video Tutorials http://tv.cakephp.org Check out the new CakePHP Questions site http://ask.cakephp.org and help others with their CakePHP related questions. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cake-php
