Super simplistic version of Table::save()

Cake/ORM/Association/BelongsToMany.php

@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ public function eagerLoader(array $options) {
  * Appends any conditions required to load the relevant set of records in the
  * target table query given a filter key and some filtering values.
  *
- * @param \Cake\ORM\Query taget table's query
+ * @param \Cake\ORM\Query target table's query
  * @param string $key the fields that should be used for filtering
  * @param mixed $filter the value that should be used to match for $key
  * @return \Cake\ORM\Query

Cake/ORM/Table.php

@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 use Cake\ORM\Association\BelongsToMany;
 use Cake\ORM\Association\HasMany;
 use Cake\ORM\Association\HasOne;
+use Cake\ORM\Entity;
 use Cake\Utility\Inflector;
 
 /**
@@ -772,6 +773,23 @@ public function deleteAll($conditions) {
 		return $statement->rowCount() > 0;
 	}
 
+	public function save(Entity $entity, $options = []) {
+		$data = $entity->toArray();
+		$schema = $this->schema();
+		$data = array_intersect_key($data, array_flip($schema->columns()));
+		$query = $this->_buildQuery();
+		$statement = $query->insert($this->table(), array_keys($data))
+			->values($data)
+			->executeStatement();
+
+		if ($statement->rowCount() > 0) {
+			$id = $this->connection()->lastInsertId($this->table());
+			$entity->set($this->primaryKey(), $id);
+		}
+
+		return $entity;
+	}
+
 /**
  * Calls a finder method directly and applies it to the passed query,
  * if no query is passed a new one will be created and returned

Cake/Test/TestCase/ORM/TableTest.php

@@ -937,4 +937,23 @@ public function testReciprocalBelongsToMany() {
 		$this->assertInstanceOf('TestApp\Model\Entity\ArticlesTag', $result->tags[0]->extraInfo);
 	}
 
+/**
+ * Tests that it is possible to insert a new row using the save method
+ *
+ * @return void
+ */
+	public function testSaveNewEntity() {
+		$entity = new \Cake\ORM\Entity([
+			'username' => 'superuser',
+			'password' => 'root',
+			'created' => new \DateTime('2013-10-10 00:00'),
+			'updated' => new \DateTime('2013-10-10 00:00')
+		]);
+		$table = Table::build('user');
+		$this->assertSame($entity, $table->save($entity));
+		$this->assertEquals($entity->id, 5);
+
+		$row = $table->find('all')->where(['id' => 5])->first();
+		$this->assertEquals($entity->toArray(), $row->toArray());
+	}
 }