phalcon/cphalcon · error · BuilderColumnNotInMap

Column '{column}' isn't part of the column map

Error message

Column '{column}' isn't part of the column map

What it means

Error "Column '{column}' isn't part of the column map" thrown in phalcon/cphalcon.

Source

Thrown at phalcon/Mvc/Model/Query/Builder.zep:768

                );

            let noPrimary = true,
                primaryKeys = metaData->getPrimaryKeyAttributes(modelInstance);

            if !empty primaryKeys {
                if fetch firstPrimaryKey, primaryKeys[0] {
                    /**
                     * The PHQL contains the renamed columns if available
                     */
                    if Settings::get("orm.column_renaming") {
                        let columnMap = metaData->getColumnMap(modelInstance);
                    } else {
                        let columnMap = null;
                    }

                    if typeof columnMap == "array" {
                        if unlikely !fetch attributeField, columnMap[firstPrimaryKey] {
                            throw new BuilderColumnNotInMap(firstPrimaryKey);
                        }
                    } else {
                        let attributeField = firstPrimaryKey;
                    }

                    /**
                     * Use a named bind parameter instead of embedding the value
                     * directly in the PHQL string. Embedding produces a unique
                     * PHQL string per ID value, causing unbounded growth of the
                     * internal PHQL cache in long-running processes.
                     */
                    let this->bindParams["APK0"] = conditions,
                        conditions = this->autoescape(model) . "." . this->autoescape(attributeField) . " = :APK0:",
                        noPrimary = false;
                }
            }

            /**

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at phalcon/Mvc/Model/Query/Builder.zep:768 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.


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