$this->Manufacturer->id = $id; you can also save() the data without doing a set() first, i.e. $this- >Manufacturer->save($this->data);
the update would also get triggered if 'id' is part of the $this->data array On Sep 22, 11:25 pm, ORCC <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > In the blog tutorial, they use the save method both to save or update > an existing record. I tried to take that idea for my application and > had some trouble: > > My model is the following, with all default table names (i.e id is the > primary key) > > class Manufacturer extends AppModel { > var $name = "Manufacturer"; > var $validate = Array (/*validation stuff*/); > > //some other methods > > } > > And the controller is as follows > > class ManufacturersController extends AppController { > var $name = "Manufacturers"; > var $helpers = array('Html', 'Form','Javascript'); > var $components = array('Session'); > > function edit($id = 0) { > if ($id) { > $this->Manufacturer->set($this->data); > $this->Manufacturer->set('id',$id); > > /*try to update the record*/ > $this->Manufacturer->save(); > } > } > > } > > In the edit function I set the id attribute for the Manufacturer model > as stated in the documentation; with this, the "save" method should > update rather than create a new records. Altough, the application > issues the following error message (here key 1 is the primary key, and > 12 is a value of an existing id in the database table): > > Warning (512): SQL Error: 1062: Duplicate entry '12' for key 1 > > $sql = "INSERT INTO `manufacturers` > (`titulo`,`descripcion_es`,`descripcion_uk`,`descripcion_it`,`id`) > VALUES ('F222','xxx,'xxx','xxxx',12)" > > Wich attribute I have to set in order of the save method generate a > UPDATE query instead of an INSERT one? > > Thanks in advice. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "CakePHP" group. To post to this group, send email to cake-php@googlegroups.com 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---