That's a good idea (why didn't occur to me?). Tnx.
On Nov 13, 5:21 am, "Wayne Fay" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Assuming your db supports views, I'd probably just build some
> read/write db views that hide the ugly column names with the names
> you'd prefer to use, and then use the views as the $table for your
> model etc.
>
> Wayne
>
> On 11/12/07, 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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