Ah! Thanks for the reply, Walther. Guess you solved it for both of us! On Mar 4, 1:43 am, Walther <[email protected]> wrote: > Don't use 'require' ever! > > Make use of the tools that CakePHP gives you. In this case > App::import('Model', 'Order'); > > As for your problem, it has a very easy solution. Your filename is > wrong. > > CakePHP uses CamelCase model/class names, and underscored file names. > So when you say 'I want to use model CompleteOrder' CakePHP looks for > the file complete_order.php, which doesn't exist (Since your file is > called completeorder.php). If CakePHP can't find the model file it > creates a default model based on your AppModel. And, the default model > is looking for the complete_orders table since it doesn't know about > your $useTable (Which is in the wrong file). > > Simple solution, rename your model file to complete_order.php > > On Mar 3, 12:08 pm, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hi > > > I'm playing with creating alternate models as a way to avoid custom > > queries and have completeorder.php that currently looks like this > > > require_once(APP_PATH.DS.'models'.DS.'order.php'); > > class CompleteOrder extends Order { > > var $name = 'CompleteOrder'; > > var $useTable = 'orders'; > > > } > > > The base class Order has all the smarts and the parent model has a > > complex hasMany condition to filter out the uncompleted orders. > > > Problem > > ====== > > > When I call the page for the parent I get > > > Error: Database table complete_orders for model CompleteOrder was > > not found. > > > I've gone through the cache and cleared it out etc. > > > What could be stopping this model from referencing the right table?
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