Sorry to start another thread on this. But I have now installed Akelos 3 times, thinking/hoping this might fix things. The last / most recent time the nightly build.
I have gotten to the point where creating a book or an author works. I added two books, and one author.
When doing /booklink/book/ or /booklink/author/ I DO get a listing with the data.
HOWEVER, show, edit and destroy crashes.
I have spent well in excess of 10 hours on this so ... PLEASE HELP ...
After some debugging in book_controller.php it would appear that the $this->Book object exists when the listing method is invoked, but DOES NOT EXIST in any of the other methods (actions).
This object ($this->Book) I am sure should be constructed SOMEWHERE, but, as I am an Akelos newbie, I have no idea where. In any case, neither the Book object in the book_controller NOR the Author object in the author_controller seem to exist - other than when the listing method is invoked.

DrMagu

Kaste,
Thank you for your response. Unfortunately, this does not work. The error I get is:
Fatal error: Call to a member function find() on a non-object in /home/drmagu/booklink/app/controllers/book_controller.php on line 18
Line 18, as you might guess, is in the show() function and is the line you suggested.
For whatever reason, the $this->Book object DOES NOT EXIST inside the show() function. ( and neither inside edit() and destroy() )
However, if I do a var_dump, or a simple 'echo $this->Book;' INSIDE THE listing() function, it DOES exist.
Maddening.
DrMagu

I have attached my book_controller.php file. The debug statements - and their effects - are included. I checked the spelling, and made the changes (additions) you suggested.

class BookController extends ApplicationController
{
    var $model = 'book';  // added per Kaste

    function index()
    {
        $this->renderAction('listing');
    }

    function listing()
    {
        // This outputs: "Book: Object id #11" when called as /booklink/book/listing
        echo 'Book: '.$this->Book.'<br />';  

        $this->book_pages = $this->pagination_helper->getPaginator($this->Book, array('items_per_page' => 10));        
        $this->books =& $this->Book->find('all', $this->pagination_helper->getFindOptions($this->Book));
    }

    function show()
    {
        // This outputs: "Book:" when called as /booklink/book/show/1
        echo 'Book: '.$this->Book.'<br />';  

        // this line creates the error "Call to a member function find() on a non-object"
        $this->book =& $this->Book->find(@$this->params['id']);  // added per Kaste
   }

.... rest omitted
}

DrMagu