MYSQL to CakePHP - mysql

Question

I want to convert following complex mysql into cake's find expression:
SELECT p1, p2
FROM
(
SELECT IFNULL(a.c2, '10') AS p1, IFNULL((SELECT MAX(c.c1) FROM my_table c WHERE c.c1>p1), '30') AS p2
FROM my_table a
WHERE
(
(a.user_id = 2) AND (a.c1 BETWEEN '10' AND '30')
)
) as temp
WHERE p2 > 100
ORDER BY p1;
I tried following
http://dogmatic69.com/sql-to-cakephp-find-converter
but unable to generate the desired expression.
Please help. I really don't know how to handle such complex expressions (I do not prefer to use query in cakephp)
Thanks

Answer 1

Let me just convert your query into the cakephp way
if table a's model is A:
$fields = "IFNULL(A.c2, '10') AS p1, IFNULL((SELECT MAX(C.c1) FROM my_table c WHERE C.c1>p1), '30') AS p2";
$conditions = "A.user_id=2 AND A.c1 BETWEEN '10' AND '30'";
$inner_querry = $this->A->find("all", compact("fields", "conditions"));
$fields = "p1,p2";
$conditions = "p1 IN ($inner_querry) AND p2 IN($inner_query) AND p2 > 100";
$order = "p1";
$query = $this->A->find("all", compact("fields", "conditions", "order"));
debug($query); //check results of for error.

Answer 2

I think that sometimes it's not so wrong to use Model->query(), but let' try to use cake functions.
In fact the only way I see to obtain that particular query is building the subqueries with buildStatement() function (and at the end you still have to call Model->query() so...). But just for fun.
Assuming your model name is MyTable, in your MyTablesController do:
$p1 = "IFNULL(a.c2, '10') AS p1";
$db = $this->MyTable->getDataSource();
$subQuery = $db->buildStatement(
array(
'table' => $db->fullTableName($this->MyTable),
'alias' => 'C',
'fields' => array('MAX(c.c1)'),
'conditions' => array(
"C.c1 > " => 'p1',
)
),
$this->MyTable
);
$p2 = "IFNULL(".$subQuery.") AS p2";
$subQuery = $db->buildStatement(
array(
'table' => $db->fullTableName($this->MyTable),
'alias' => 'A',
'fields' => array($p1, $p2),
'conditions' => array(
"A.user_id" => 2,
"A.c1 BETWEEN ? AND ?" => array(10,30)
)
),
$this->MyTable
);
$query = $db->buildStatement(
array(
'table' => $subQuery,
'alias' => 'test',
'fields' => array('p1', 'p2'),
'conditions' => array(
"p2 > " => 100,
)
),
$this->MyTable
);