>From the Manual: "The HABTM association is useful when you have two Models that are linked together with a join table. The join table holds the individual rows that are related to each other.
The difference between hasMany and hasAndBelongsToMany is that with hasMany, the associated model is not shared. If a User hasMany Comments, it is the *only* user associated to those comments. With HABTM, the associated models are shared." I'll admit that it could be explained a bit clearer but if you try to digest what is being said then the only conclusion you (or at least I) can come to is that a HABTM must be bi-directional (or could it be multi-directional as well???:). If you think about it logically you can't have only one hasAndBelongsToMany since then it will in reality be a hasMany/belongsTo relationship. I hope I'm not too confusing here, I am trying to get a clear understanding of this myself ;) --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Cake PHP" 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
