title: Cakephp insert sql statement
body: <p>I'd like to insert data into a mysql table using 'the cakephp way'.  </p>
  
  <p>I have a multi-stage program that stores data to a session, and toward the end of the program I'd like to write the session data to the database.  I could do this using a standard sql insert statement but would like to know how this should be done using cakephp.  (Most of the cakephp doc discusses sending data from a webform, and I'd like to manually submit session data.) </p>
  
  <p>Should I manually format the session data in this format and then send this to the model?  And if so, is there a helper function for this?</p>
  
  <pre><code>Array
  (
      [ModelName] =&gt; Array
          (
              [fieldname1] =&gt; 'value'
              [fieldname2] =&gt; 'value'
          )
  )
  </code></pre>