Extending Cactiverecord Problems

Hi there,

I would like to provide to all my model classes an easy function to load a model which would be defined in my ownd ActiveRecord class like this:

class ActiveRecord extends CActiveRecord{

public static function load($id) {
$model = self::model()->findByPk($id);
if ($model === null)
throw new CHttpException(404, 'The requested page does not exist.');
return $model;
}
}

all my models would extend that class:

class MyModel extends ActiveRecord{

public static function model($className = __CLASS__) {
return parent::model($className);
}
}


The problem is that when I call MyModel::load($id) the code fails all the time in the model() method of CActiveRecord. The wrong class name is passed:

"Fatal error: Cannot instantiate abstract class CActiveRecord in C:\xampp\htdocs\yii\framework\db\ar\CActiveRecord.php on line 386"

This is because "self::model()" in load() applies to ActiveRecord and not the MyModel class. Basically the model() function of MyModel is never called.

It seems an easy task but I can't find a work around. Any idea or alternative solution?

Thanks
Renaud