Re: Table naming convention

@killsalad: Sorry to whinge at you, but it's a pet hate of mine when
newbies are given advice on how to deviate from conventions when their
query simply does not need this advice. If you are going to to do
this, at least give some sort of caveat as to when they should or
shouldn't otherwise you're adding confusion for someone who is likely
feeling more than a little daunted by Cake's learning curve.

@ambika: I would recommend only naming models/tables with non
conventional names WHEN FACED WITH NO OTHER CHOICE (i.e. using a
legacy table which you are unable to rename/recreate). Most of the
problems people face when using Cake is because they deviate from the
conventions so the more you comply with them the better.

I would also second @crickets advice that you should change
MainCategory to Category and add a parent_id field. When feeling more
confident it is very easy to then alter this model to use the Tree
behaviour and quickly get access to unlimited sub categories all from
one model/table.

HTH

Paul.

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