Hi Larry, on page 216 of your Yii book, you describe how to rename an uploaded file using the $model->id of the User model. I think this is a good idea, but I don't see how your code can work without an afterSave or something.
Here is your code:
$model->avatar->saveAs($dest . '/' . $model->id . '.' .
$model->avatar->extensionName);
The line above would have to come after the code to save the model:
if ($model->save())
because you don't obtain the $model->id until after you save it.
But since you've already saved the file's name to the database, the filen