I found the answer, i just had to define $displayField in the model and cake automagically did it. Don't know if thats new in the 1.2 version, but it works great!
On Dec 17, 4:38 pm, Baz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Cake PHP" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cake-php?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
