# Error saving a record with a new role

**URL:** <https://discourse.cakephp.org/t/error-saving-a-record-with-a-new-role/10554>\
**Category:** Need Help\
**Tags:** news, help\
**Created:** [August 2, 2022, 3:11pm UTC](https://discourse.cakephp.org/t/error-saving-a-record-with-a-new-role/10554 "2022-08-02T15:11:41Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![mestizo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c68b51/32.png) [@mestizo](https://discourse.cakephp.org/u/mestizo)\
**Post date:** [August 2, 2022, 3:11pm UTC](https://discourse.cakephp.org/t/error-saving-a-record-with-a-new-role/10554/1 "2022-08-02T15:11:41Z")

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good morning guys, a cordial greeting.  
I am writing to you for the following.  
I have a table of roles, which only saves an id, since the roles are managed as environment variables and not from the database.  
I want to store a new role that it creates, but it won’t let me do that. I have no idea why. I share part of the code:

```auto
public function new(){

        $this->set('title', __('New'));
        $this->viewBuilder()->setLayout('admin');

        $user = $this->Users->newEntity();

        $role = $this->request->getQuery('role');

        if ($role == 'kippero_nocertf') {
            $role_id = Configure::read('ROLES.KIPPERO_NOCERTF');
            $title_msg = 'kippero sin certificar';
        }

        if ($this->request->is('post')){
            //debug($this->request->data);
            $user = $this->Users->patchEntity($user, $this->request->data());

            $user->role_id = $role_id;

            if($this->Users->save($user)){
                $this->Flash->success(__('Save'));
                //return $this->redirect(['controller' => 'Users', 'action' => 'index']);
            }else{
                $this->Flash->error(__(Error'));
            }
        }

        $central = $this->Users->Central->find('list', ['limit' => 200])->order(['name' => 'asc']);

        $cities = $this->Users->Cities->find('list', ['limit' => 200])->order(['name' => 'asc']);

        $roles = $this->Users->Roles->find('list', ['limit' => 200])->order(['name' => 'asc']);

        $this->set(compact('user', 'central', 'cities', 'roles'));

    }

```

thanks in advance

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**Author:** ![Zuluru](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/discourse.cakephp.org/zuluru/32/1230_2.png) [@Zuluru](https://discourse.cakephp.org/u/Zuluru)\
**Post date:** [August 2, 2022, 7:01pm UTC](https://discourse.cakephp.org/t/error-saving-a-record-with-a-new-role/10554/2 "2022-08-02T19:01:42Z")

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Have you looked at `$user->getErrors()` after the save fails? That should give you a good idea of what’s going wrong. May be related to the fact that you’re not setting `$role_id` except in one particular case?

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**Author:** ![Kaiser85](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/discourse.cakephp.org/kaiser85/32/2714_2.png) [@Kaiser85](https://discourse.cakephp.org/u/Kaiser85)\
**Post date:** [May 9, 2023, 5:59pm UTC](https://discourse.cakephp.org/t/error-saving-a-record-with-a-new-role/10554/3 "2023-05-09T17:59:21Z")

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Maybe you need to add `role_id` to the accesible array for mass assignment in Users entity  
[https://book.cakephp.org/4/en/orm/saving-data.html#converting-request-data-into-entities](https://book.cakephp.org/4/en/orm/saving-data.html#converting-request-data-into-entities)  
[https://book.cakephp.org/4/en/orm/entities.html#mass-assignment](https://book.cakephp.org/4/en/orm/entities.html#mass-assignment)