Re: Tag functionality design

2008-10-24 Thread dr. Hannibal Lecter
I've never used polymorphic in that way, but I'm guessing there has to be a way. Probably your "entities_tags" table should be polymorphic; all your brands, products etc will have HABTM 'with' this table, but with a condition (like in the polymorphic article). If you try it, let us know if it wor

Re: Tag functionality design

2008-10-24 Thread bookme
Thanks Hannibal, I read it..this Polymorphic Behavior is only for two tables..but In my case I have Tag-- HABTM enities_tags---User, Brand, Product.. Still should I follow this behaviour.. is there any other way to doing this? On Oct 24, 4:11 pm, "dr. Hanni

Re: Tag functionality design

2008-10-24 Thread dr. Hannibal Lecter
If I understood your idea correctly, polymorphic behavior might be of interest to you: http://bakery.cakephp.org/articles/view/polymorphic-behavior Hope that helps! On Oct 24, 1:02 pm, bookme <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > I am new to CakePHP ..want to implement a Tag functionlity for my

Tag functionality design

2008-10-24 Thread bookme
Hi, I am new to CakePHP ..want to implement a Tag functionlity for my website. I have four modal 1 Tag 2 User 3 Brand 4 Product I am thinking to make two tables tags : id, tag_name entities_tags : tag_id, entity_id, entity_type here entity is User, Brand, Product and their corresponding ids..