James,

This is so great!!!! I do really appreciate your help. Where can I
learn all of these tricks?

Thanks again,
Sean

On Dec 15, 1:06 pm, James Garlick <[email protected]> wrote:
> Try
>
> fields do
>     product_name :string, :name => true
>     ...
> end
>
> On 15 Dec 2008, at 19:50, Hobo_Fan wrote:
>
>
>
> > Hi All,
>
> > Can someone point me to a right direction on how to customize the
> > default belongs_to drop down list? One of my edit form, license
> > belongs to both product and client models. I have a name field in
> > product model; however, the drop down in the license assignment page
> > only display the product table id and client table id. Is there a way
> > to have the drop down to display product_name and client_name instead
> > of id?
>
> > I have three models: client, license, and product
>
> > class Client < ActiveRecord::Base
>
> >  hobo_model # Don't put anything above this
>
> >  fields do
> >    first_name :string
> >    last_name :string
> >    department :string
> >    timestamps
> >  end
>
> >  has_many :licenses
> >  has_many :products, :through => :licenses
>
> > *****
> > class License < ActiveRecord::Base
>
> >  hobo_model # Don't put anything above this
>
> >  fields do
> >    license_type :string
> >    quanty :integer
> >    key :string
> >    expiration_date :date
> >    timestamps
> >  end
>
> >  belongs_to :product
> >  belongs_to :client
>
> > ****
> > class Product < ActiveRecord::Base
>
> >  hobo_model # Don't put anything above this
>
> >  fields do
> >    product_name :string
> >    engine_version :string
> >    platform :string
> >    feature :text
> >    timestamps
> >  end
>
> >  has_many :licenses
> >  has_many :clients, :through => :licenses
>
> > Below is what is currently displayed on browser, where is only shows
> > product_id. Is possible to display product_name instead?
>
> > <tr>
> > <th>
> > Product
> > </th>
> > <td>
> > <select class="product license-product input belongs-to" name="license
> > [product_id]">
> > <option value="1" selected="selected">Product 1</option>
> > <option value="2">Product 2</option>
> > </select>
> > </td>
> > </tr>
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