Re: efficiency vs conforming to standards

$this->User->Photo->find() perhaps?

From my understanding we should use the model associations (which
provide an efficient sql query if i remember correctly) first to see
if it gives us what we want, otherwise use findall/contain.

On Jun 18, 7:21 am, "Alan Asher" <a...@asteriskpound.com> wrote:
> I have a users model and a photos model,
>
> Class users{
>
> Var belongsto=array(
>
>    'Photos'
>
> }
>
> You get the idea,
>
> When I run a $this->Some
> Model>find('all',array('contain'=>array('User','User.Photo')))
>
> It breaks this up into 2 sql statements so even with a limited amount of 20
> results, there's a lot of redundancy and it costs time and processing.  I'm
> about to rewrite all my inefficient finds into queries that have my own
> custom joins.  
>
> Does anyone have suggestions how to get the photos table to show up in the
> results without cake making a separate query?
>
> Alan

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