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Question

Does anybody know how transform this query:
SELECT * from diminventory where partnumber='350964-B22' or partnumber in (SELECT partnumber from dimparts where parentpartnumber='350964-b22')
in a cakephp query
Thanks

Answer 1

I'm not 100% certain what you're asking for as yet, but here's a brief tutorial on cakephp querying.
$this->ModelName->query("SELECT * FROM tablename LIMIT 2;");
You query from the model, but you use the literal tablename. You use the SQL "AS" keyword to rename the keys of the resultant array.
Sample results:
Array
(
[0] => Array
(
[tablename] => Array
(
[id] => 1304
[user_id] => 759
)
)
[1] => Array
(
[tablename] => Array
(
[id] => 1305
[user_id] => 759
)
)
)

Answer 2

He is asking for Cakephp query not custom SQL query. In the controller:
$partnumber = $this->diminventory->find('all',array('conditions' => array('diminventory.partnumber' => '350964-B22')));
$this->set('partnumber',$partnumber);
set function passes a variable as $partnumber to the view. Then int view (which is .ctp file) you need to output the array.
foreach($partnumber as $partnumbers){
echo $partnumbers;
}
Make sure that diminventory table has 's' after the name otherwise it won't work as this is part of Cakephp's strict naming conventions.
Tutorial for find function:
http://book.cakephp.org/view/1018/find

Answer 3

To do it fully Cake'ish, you need to use CakePHP subquery:
$dbo = $this->User->getDataSource();
$subQuery = $dbo->buildStatement(
array(
'fields' => array('`Dimpart`.`partnumber`'),
'table' => $dbo->fullTableName($this->Dimpart),
'alias' => 'Dimpart',
'conditions' => array('`Dimpart`.`parentpartnumber`' => '350964-b22'),
),
$this->Dimpart
);
$subQuery = ' `DiminventoryEntry`.`partnumber` IN (' . $subQuery . ') ';
$subQueryExpression = $dbo->expression($subQuery);
$conditions[] = $subQueryExpression;
$conditions['DiminventoryEntry.partnumber'] = '350964-B22';
$result = $this->DiminventoryEntry->find('all', compact('conditions'));
Where Dimpart is your model for table dimparts, and DiminventoryEntry is your model for table diminventory (which is not actually Cake'ish, you should've renamed your table according to conventions).