For the scaffolding to show the description instead of the id you need
to add this to your Status/Priority model:
var $displayField = 'description';
and to accomplish what you are wanting with Status/Priority I had to
make it a $belongsTo instead of a $hasOne ($hasOne expects the Status
& Priority tables to have a item_id foreign key.) Seems odd, but
that's the only way I know to make it work, but I have about the same
amount of experience as you ;)
Hope that helps!
-- Brian
On May 23, 7:00 am, "Howard Glynn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> been using cake a fortnight or so, very impressed, i'm up and running and
> it is saving heaps of time :-) ... but looking for a little clarificaton
>
> Say I have a model called "Items" which is my main table of data.
> This contains a couple of foreign keys, say "status_id" and "priority_id"
>
> "Statuses" and "Priorities" contain two fields, id and description
> (these occasionally get changed and updated, especially by admin users,
> which is why they need their own models to update via web form)
>
> I think it is an M:1 relationship from Items to Statuses [or Priorities]
> (i.e. Many different Items can have the same status [or priority])
>
> In Items, and this class alone, I say something like below. Is
> this the right relationship descriptor? Does "Statuses" need anything?
> I've tried reading the docs but i can't quite get my head round it.
>
> var $hasOne = array(
> 'Status' =>
> array('className' => 'Status',
> 'foreignKey' => 'id',
> 'conditions' => '',
> 'fields' => '',
> 'order' => '',
> 'dependent' => 'false'
> ),
>
> If I do this, what can I expect? I was kind of hoping the scaffolding would
> replace
> the numeric id's in the basic form with the descriptive versions (maybe that
> is asking
> a little too much!) Is it the case that the data is in the variable on the
> page, i just need
>
> Ta, HG
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