Saving data to Two db tables with two models inYii

Question

I'm attempting to save data to two db tables with two different models in Yii. I've consulted the wiki: http://www.yiiframework.com/wiki/19/how-to-use-a-single-form-to-collect-data-for-two-or-more-models/ and http://www.yiiframework.com/forum/index.php/topic/52109-save-data-with-two-models/ , yet I still can't get the data to save to both tables. I have two tables sales_rep_min_margin and sales_rep_min_margin_history :

CREATE TABLE `sales_rep_min_margin` (
`id` int(11) NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
`username` varchar(32) NOT NULL,
`domestic` int(2) NOT NULL,
`overseas` int(2) NOT NULL,
PRIMARY KEY (`id`)
) ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8;

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History table:

  CREATE TABLE `sales_rep_min_margin_history` (
    `id` int(11) NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
    `min_margin_id` int(11) NOT NULL,
    `from` int(11) DEFAULT NULL,
    `to` int(11) DEFAULT NULL,
    `update_username` varchar(32) NOT NULL,
    `update_time` timestamp NOT NULL DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP,
    PRIMARY KEY (`id`),
    KEY `min_margin_id` (`min_margin_id`),
    CONSTRAINT `sales_rep_min_margin_history_ibfk_1` FOREIGN KEY (`min_margin_id`) REFERENCES `sales_rep_min_margin` (`id`)
    ) ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8; 

My SalesRepMinMarginController code (right now) is: 
public function actionCreate() {
        $model = new SalesRepMinMargin;
        $model2 = new SalesRepMinMarginHistory;

        //Uncomment the following line if AJAX validation is needed
        //$this->performAjaxValidation($model);

        if (isset($_POST['SalesRepMinMargin'])) {

            $model->attributes = $_POST['SalesRepMinMargin'];

            if ($model->save())
                $this->redirect(array('view', 'id' => $model->id));
        }
        if (isset($_POST['SalesRepMinMarginHistory'])) {

            $model2->attributes = $_POST['SalesRepMinMarginHistory'];
            $model2->save();

            $this->render('create', array(
                'model' => $model,
            ));
        }
    }

and 'SalesRepMinMarginHistoryController':
public function actionUpdate($id)
{
    $model=$this->loadModel($id);

    // Uncomment the following line if AJAX validation is needed
    // $this->performAjaxValidation($model);

    if(isset($_POST['SalesRepMinMarginHistory']))
    {
        $model->attributes=$_POST['SalesRepMinMarginHistory'];

        if($model->save())
            $this->redirect(array('view','id'=>$model->id));
    }

    $this->render('update',array(
        'model'=>$model,
    ));
}

I just need to save the data to the tables, but I don't need the 'history' table's data in the view. Any help is greatly aprreciated! Someone offered me the following code, however, it's not working:

public function actionCreate() {

    $model = new SalesRepMinMargin;
    $model2 = new SalesRepMinMarginHistory;

    //Uncomment the following line if AJAX validation is needed
    //$this->performAjaxValidation($model);

    if (isset($_POST['SalesRepMinMargin'])) {

        $model->attributes = $_POST['SalesRepMinMargin'];

        if ($model->save()) {

            if (isset($_POST['SalesRepMinMarginHistory'])) {

                $model2->attributes = $_POST['SalesRepMinMarginHistory'];
                $model2->save();
            }

            $this->redirect(array('view', 'id' => $model->id));
        }
    }

    $this->render('create', array(
        'model' => $model, 'model2' => $model2,
        ));

}

Answer 1

the save function for second model does not affect because a redirect function is called after saving the first model.

look at the wiki page.

if($valid)
{
    // use false parameter to disable validation
    $a->save(false);
    $b->save(false);
    // ...redirect to another page
}

the redirect function should be called after both models successfully saved.

Answer 2

First of all save data in first table using model

$model = new SalesRepMinMargin;
$model->attributes = $_POST['SalesRepMinMargin'];
if($model->save(false)) {
    /* use second model */
    $model2 = new SalesRepMinMarginHistory;
    $model2->attributes = $_POST['SalesRepMinMarginHistory'];
    $model2->save();
    $this->redirect(array('view', 'id' => $model->id));
}

Answer 3

I am not an expert, but maybe you can create a trigger to effect the change? Whenever you get a new table in sales_rep_min_margin table, you can have the data dumped in sales_rep_min_margin_history table too.