If the view is called from the users controller (the one that references the
languages model), then try using:
echo $form->input('language_id');

instead. It should generate the combo with the names instead of the id.

Regards,
Luiz Poleto

2008/9/9 Brian Fidler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

> I'm sure this is a pretty simple solution so I apologize in advance. I just
> used bake to create some administrative panels associating a users table
> with a languages table. There are 8 languages and when I add a user I want
> to be able to pick the languages they speak from a drop down list.
>
> The view that was created by the bake script creates everything but instead
> of listing the language it lists the id field of that table. How can I get
> the 'language' field of that table into the dropdown?
>
> this is what displays in the field...
>
> echo $form->input('Language');
>
> and this is my Language model...
> class Language extends AppModel {
>
>     var $name = 'Language';
>
>     //The Associations below have been created with all possible keys,
> those that are not needed can be removed
>     var $hasAndBelongsToMany = array(
>             'Applicant' => array('className' => 'Applicant',
>                         'joinTable' => 'applicants_languages',
>                         'foreignKey' => 'language_id',
>                         'associationForeignKey' => 'applicant_id',
>                         'unique' => true,
>                         'conditions' => '',
>                         'fields' => '',
>                         'order' => '',
>                         'limit' => '',
>                         'offset' => '',
>                         'finderQuery' => '',
>                         'deleteQuery' => '',
>                         'insertQuery' => ''
>             )
>     );
>
> }
>
>
> thanks.
>
> >
>

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