# Cake "ignores" inserting associated data

**URL:** <https://discourse.cakephp.org/t/cake-ignores-inserting-associated-data/5752>\
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**Created:** [March 7, 2019, 10:51am UTC](https://discourse.cakephp.org/t/cake-ignores-inserting-associated-data/5752 "2019-03-07T10:51:09Z")\
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> [@Graziel](#):
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> $user = $this-\>Users-\>findById(1)-\>contain([‘UsersDetails’])-\>first();  
> dd($user);

Doing this results in the error:

> The UsersDetails association is not defined on Users.

Last time I [encountered](https://discourse.cakephp.org/t/the-usersdetails-association-is-not-defined-on-users/5604) this issue I forgot to load the model (which I did this time).

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