Read up on the GenerateList function. It gets the name on your other stuff
because there is a field called "name/title" (or something similar).

http://manual.cakephp.org/chapter/models

On Dec 17, 2007 2:22 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <
[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

>
> Hello,
>
> i am just a beginner in cake, and i am looking since two days for an
> answer to this.
>
> I have used bake to create the application and when I add a data row
> in a table, it shows the correct drop down menues for corresponding
> tables, however, one of them shows nicely the name of the row of the
> other table(destination), the other drop down just shows the
> id(productcategory). This application is supposed to be for end users,
> so, where can I set which column i want cake to use to display the
> data in the drop down?
>
> Example:
>
> Add a new Product in Table Product
>
> Productname : char(255)
> ProductCategory_id (this is foreign key)
> Destination_id(another foreigen key)
>
> The destination_id shows the full name of the destination, the
> productcategory just shows the id numbers.
>
> A short hint, or a tip where i can read more about that would be very
> much appreciated.
>
> Thank you so much,
>
> Tobias
> >
>

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