title: CakePHP 2.1.x - Run a query without any models in AppController
body: <p>I am trying to run a query in AppController on a table that has no Model associated with it. I don't want to use a Model cause this query would fire on every request and I guess using a Model would make it a bit slower.</p>
  
  <p>I found out in one forum that this can be achieved with the following code in CakePHP 1.3</p>
  
  <pre><code>$db = ConnectionManager::getInstance();
  $conn = $db-&gt;getDataSource('default');
  $conn-&gt;rawQuery($some_sql);
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>But this is not working in CakePHP 2.1.3.
  Any help would be appreciated.
  Thanks :)</p>