Okay, I managed to get it to work (sort of). I'm using Apc for my
cache engine (more on that in a bit) and it turns out the php_apc.dll
over at pecl4win.php.net seems to be incomplete(!). I googled around a
bit and came across someone who was kind enough to post the complete
files for anyone else
After searching around a bit, this thread,
http://groups.google.com/group/cake-php/browse_thread/thread/be79094df3a57546/55c3393966bb003a?lnk=gst&q=update+gone+wrong#55c3393966bb003a,
came the closest to the problems I've been having. The person in that
thread seems to have solved the problem by u