Re: checking whether a table exists

Controllers expect to have a model which in turn expects to have a table
in the DB by default. If you have a controller that doesn't use a model
set $uses to 'null' or an empty array... if you have a model that
doesn't have a datasource then look at $useTable and $schema variables
in http://api.cakephp.org/class/model

On Mon, 2010-02-01 at 19:29 +0100, Lorenzo Bettini wrote:
> The problem I have with my solution, but I guess it's the same of the
> one of the link, is that if I use it inside a controller, I get an error
> before even reaching that code, due to a missing table... is there a way
> to avoid this?
>
> Of course I need this check for an installation page, which I'm
> developing using a controller...
>
> thanks in advance
> Lorenzo
>
> Miles J wrote:
> > You can try this, then see if your table exists within the array.
> >
> > http://www.milesj.me/blog/read/75/Retrieving-Tables-Within-Your-Cake-Database
> >
> > On Feb 1, 8:27 am, Lorenzo Bettini <bett...@dsi.unifi.it> wrote:
> >> Hi
> >>
> >> is this a correct way of checking whether a table exists?
> >>
> >> function check_table_exists($table) {
> >> $dbo = $this->getDataSource();
> >> $result = $dbo->_execute('DESCRIBE '.$table);
> >> return !empty($result);
> >> }
> >>
> >> thanks in advance
> >> Lorenzo
> >>
>
>
>

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