Why is my find clause not working? - mysql

Question

I have three models: Company, Office, CompanyPersonTask. The Company model has many Office and has many CompanyPersonTask.
So, why is this code:
public function getCompaniesByRegion($region){
$options['conditions'] = array("UPPER(Office.region) LIKE UPPER('".$region."%')");
return $this->find('all', $options);
}
resulting in the following error ?
"Unknown column 'Office.region' in 'where clause'"
The region column is present in the offices table.

Answer 1

As if you have specified the proper association-ship between Company with Office and CompanyPersonTask. i.e. Company hasMany Office and Company hasMany CompanyPersonTask.
Then you could write it as:
In your Company Model write:
public $actAs = array('Containable');
Your method should be:
class AppController extends Controller
{
public $uses = array('Company', 'Office', 'CompanyPersonTask');
protected function _getCompaniesByRegion($region){
return $this->Company->find('all', array('contain' =>
array('Office' => array('conditions' => array("UPPER(Office.region) LIKE " => "UPPER('".$region."%')")))
)
);
}
}
You can call this method into any controller using $this->_getCompaniesByRegion($region_val);