And also see “‘Awesome’” here:
https://github.com/cakephp/cakephp/blob/1.3/cake/tests/cases/libs/model/datasources/dbo/dbo_postgres.test.php#L875

This means you have to quote strings your self.

Well, it seems like you have to treat the dates as strings, and so you have to use:

‘trial_invoked’ => "'" . date(”Y-m-d H:i:s”) . "'",

Hope that helps!

That fails with a SQL error (shown below). If i remove the condition it works..but I need to add a condition here.

$this->Invoice->User->updateAll( array(
‘plan_id’ => $trial_plan_id,
‘trial_invoked’ => date(“Y-m-d H:i:s”),
‘trial_endtime’ => date(“Y-m-d H:i:s”, $trial_endtime),
),
array(‘id ==’ => “1″)
);

SQL error
SQL Error: 1064: You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near ’22:13:36, `User`.`trial_endtime` = 2009-07-15 22:13:36 WHERE `id` = 1′ at line 1 [CORE\cake\libs\model\datasources\dbo_source.php, line 525]
Query: UPDATE `users` AS `User` LEFT JOIN `plans` AS `Plan` ON (`User`.`plan_id` = `Plan`.`id`) SET `User`.`plan_id` = 2, `User`.`trial_invoked` = 2009-07-08 22:13:36, `User`.`trial_endtime` = 2009-07-15 22:13:36 WHERE `id` = 1

I just couldn’t get the syntax of updateAll() correct until I found your article.

Thanks

I ended up here while looking for a solution to my problem: my $model->updateAll(…) calls where returning true even if no rows had been updated.

I then realized it’s not a Cake problem, but a logic error by myself. I’m writing just to give the tip to someone which might have the same problem.

If you need to check if an update was successful in the sense of actuallt changing something, use the return of $model->getAffectedRows() after the call to $model->updateAll(…) to determine it.

That’s it. Thanks for the space : )