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EDIT

I have modified my table so that my primary key is id, and everything works correctly. Still trying to figure this issue out.

I have the model below that I am using to handle various eav values. The issue that I am seeing is that when I use $Model->save(), it will always try to insert and not update. Even if I set the property/value of the primaryKey.

Event when inserting, I have noticed that I get this query the query below in my logs. The primary key of the table is value_id.

SELECT COUNT(*) AS `count` FROM `user_entity_varchars` AS `UserEntityVarchar` 
    WHERE `UserEntityVarchar`.`id` = '1'

When I output the debug of the model’s structure, this is what I am seeing:

[useDbConfig] => default
[useTable] => user_entity_varchars
[displayField] => 
[id] => 
[data] => Array
    (
    )

[table] => user_entity_varchars
[primaryKey] => id

For some reason it is not recognizing that the primary key is set in the model class.

This is the model that I am using:

<?php
class UserEntityVarchar extends UserAgentAppModel {
var $name = 'UserEntityVarchar';
var $primaryKey = 'value_id';

var $belongsTo = array(
    'UserEntity'=>array(
    'foreignKey' => 'entity_id'
    ));
var $hasOne = array(
    'EavAttribute' => array(
    'foreignKey' => 'attribute_id'
    ));

}
?>

Answer 1

You are setting the primaryKey on the model as “value_id”, try changing this line to:

 <?php
class UserEntityVarchar extends UserAgentAppModel {
var $name = 'UserEntityVarchar';
/*var $primaryKey = 'value_id'; Change this to*/
var $primaryKey = 'id';

var $belongsTo = array(
    'UserEntity'=>array(
    'foreignKey' => 'entity_id'
    ));
var $hasOne = array(
    'EavAttribute' => array(
    'foreignKey' => 'attribute_id'
    ));

}
?>

Hope it helps!
cheers

pd, it is my first post!