This has been bugging me for a while, but I've always found a way around it. (custom SQL select commands via $this->AnotherModel->_db)

Some time ago we lost the ability to refer to a object if it's name is plural, even from inside it's own controller!

The object name is "PartsOrders". When I do something like $this->PartsOrders->find('all') it fails with the error

Fatal error: Call to a member function type() on a non-object

If I print_r($this->PartsOrders), I get only a partial 'model' printout. Here is the printout:

PartsOrders Object
(
[belongs_to] => Array
    (
        [0] => order
        [1] => unit
        [2] => part
        [parts_vendors] => Array
            (
                [class_name] => PartsVendors
            )

    )

[_tableName] => 
[_db] => 
[_newRecord] => 
[_freeze] => 
[_dataDictionary] => 
[_primaryKey] => 
[_inheritanceColumn] => 
[_associations] => 
[_internationalize] => 
[_errors] => Array
    (
    )

[_attributes] => Array
    (
    )

[_protectedAttributes] => Array
    (
    )

[_accessibleAttributes] => Array
    (
    )

[_recordTimestamps] => 1
[_columnNames] => Array
    (
    )

[_columns] => Array
    (
    )

[_contentColumns] => Array
    (
    )

[_dynamicMethods] => 
[_combinedAttributes] => Array
    (
    )

[_BlobQueryStack] => 
[_automated_max_length_validator] => 1
[_automated_validators_enabled] => 1
[_automated_not_null_validator] => 
[_set_default_attribute_values_automatically] => 1
[_activeRecordHasBeenInstantiated] => 1
[__ActsLikeAttributes] => Array
    (
    )

[_defaultErrorMessages] => Array
    (
        [inclusion] => is not included in the list
        [exclusion] => is reserved
        [invalid] => is invalid
        [confirmation] => doesn't match confirmation
        [accepted] => must be accepted
        [empty] => can't be empty
        [blank] => can't be blank
        [too_long] => is too long (max is %d characters)
        [too_short] => is too short (min is %d characters)
        [wrong_length] => is the wrong length (should be %d characters)
        [taken] => has already been taken
        [not_a_number] => is not a number
    )

[__activeRecordObject] => 1
[_observable_state] => 
[_calculation_options] => Array
    (
        [0] => conditions
        [1] => joins
        [2] => order
        [3] => select
        [4] => group
        [5] => having
        [6] => distinct
        [7] => limit
        [8] => offset
    )

[_AssociationHandler] => 
[_associationId] => 
[_associationIds] => Array
    (
    )

[_modelName] => PartsOrders
)

yes, that's ALL of it! No field names at all, and a bunch of other stuff I haven't taken the time to look into is also missing.

Has anyone else run across this? I'd kinda like to be able to perform finds on this object again. :-)

I know it used to work about 2 months ago. Anyone?