I think the best way for you is to create a TransformField behavior,
and override afterFind (to populate 'title' in array) and beforeSave
(to change 'title' to 'FP002EX' in UPDATE) in it.
If it's just for one table, directly override them in your model.
Maybe you'll need to override other callbacks too, check API:
http://api.cakephp.org/1.2/class_model_behavior.html
On Nov 12, 8:22 am, mmalca <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Iam looking for a way to transform column names (behaviour perhaps?).
> I have an existing database with very confusing column names (like
> FP002EX - remember Fortran) and would like to display/use/edit them in
> cakephp via friendlier name: eg FP002EX -> title
>
> Something like:
>
> class MyModel extends AppModel {
> var $actsAs = array('transnames');
> var $transNames = array('FP002EX'=>'title',...);
>
> }
>
> controller usage:
> $this->data['MyModel']['title'] = 'New title'; // would set FP002EX
> $this->save($this->data);
>
> Is there an existing solution to my problem? Can someone point me to
> the best way for implementing this behaviour?
> Tnx
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