Re: Validate from within a model

okay...i think i got it.

It is part of the MVC pattern, isn't it?

The model is NOT connected to the view or the helpers. These two are
getting their data or the invalid error messages by the controller.

Am i right here?

On 27 Apr., 21:00, func0der <funco...@live.com> wrote:
> I can re-save and delete, so why i shouldn't be able to revalidate?
>
> The error message is also in the "validationErrors" variable but while
> the output of the form there is no error message.
> But why?
>
> On 27 Apr., 20:38, Miles J <mileswjohn...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > You can't validates() something after the model save has already
> > happened. Use a behavior for validation or use my plugin.
>
> >https://github.com/milesj/cake-uploader
>
> > And an example model on how to use it.
>
> >https://github.com/milesj/cake-uploader/blob/master/tests/models/uplo...
>
> > On Apr 27, 11:18 am, func0der <funco...@live.com> wrote:
>
> > > Hey guys,
>
> > > i'm having a file upload here.
> > > I'm using "afterSave" to place the uploaded file in the filesystem.
>
> > >         function afterSave($created){
> > >                 //get the entry id
> > >                 $this->data['DataFile']['id'] = $this->getInsertId();
> > >                 if(!$this->saveDataFile($this->data)){
> > >                         $this->delete($this->data['DataFile']['id']);
> > >                         $this->data['DataFile']['data_file'] = array();
> > >                         $this->validates();
> > >                 }
> > >         }
>
> > > "saveDataFile" is a function which tries to places the uploaded file
> > > in the file system and returns false in case of copy fails.
>
> > > If the copy should fail i delete the record from the database and set
> > > the "data_file" index which normally cotains the uploaded file
> > > information to an empty array. This is because i want the validation
> > > to fail so the file upload field gets an error message while
> > > rendering.
>
> > > The problem now is that the upload form does NOT! contain the
> > > validation error message for that particular field.
>
> > > Do you know what i am doing wrong?
>
> > > Greetings
> > > func0der

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