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CakePHP SimpleTest enum problem

CakePHP1.3 with SimpleTest can't treat enum type column. How to resolve this problem.?

Notice: Schema generation error: invalid column type enum(
Solution

  • ENUM is not supported by CakePHP, because it only works with MySQL. And CakePHP Community want SimpleTest to be a generic system which should support all major databases systems to achieve platform independence.

    Try switching it to varchar('10') or tinyint(1) data types and control their values in model's $validate