So, you want Cake to use MyISAM "syntax" for an InnoDB driven sql
server?
I think this is possible doing some configurations inside of the
database related core files

On 14 Aug., 22:26, JamesF <[email protected]> wrote:
> Whnn I first set up the current app I am using, I chose InnoDB tables
> for almost any Model that i thought would be related. My thinking was
> that Cake wouldn't understand the foreign key relationships and it
> would lead to database integrity problems.
>
> I am assuming that Cake doesn't care which storage engine I use in the
> case of simple model relationships. I am not using transactions or row
> level locking currently, and more often then not, the CASCADE effect
> of InnoDB tables has made some of my data go bye-bye.
>
> I appreciate that InnoDB prevents me from inserting data with
> incorrect id's and fk id's but it also deletes child data when i don't
> want it to (unless i use RESTRICT or SET NULL on that fk).
>
> So the crux of my question is this, can I maintain my current app
> functionality while converting back to MyISAM tables, considering I do
> not use any advanced InnoDB features? Will Cake still handle my table
> relationships correctly when I am following proper naming conventions
> for foreign keys and table names?
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