If you don't set the `displayField` explictly, cake will use the first existing column from the following:
`title`, `name`, [PK] Which works for a large portion of use cases. hth grigri On Dec 10, 3:20 pm, "Mike W." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thank you for the response. This did the trick!!! > > Now the question is how come you have to put this in? The other views > I have display the name and not the ID without putting this in. > > Thanks again for the help! > > On Dec 10, 9:01 am, grigri <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Would need a lot more info to be sure, but it's probably just a matter > > of setting `var $displayField = 'verb';` in models/verb.php > > > If that's not it, please post your controller action and view code. > > > hth > > grigri > > > On Dec 10, 2:17 pm, "Mike W." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Hi! > > > > I know that this is simple but it's driving me up the wall and I can't > > > figure this one out. > > > > In my database, I have two tables named 'reports' and 'verbs'. In > > > reports, I have a field named "fk_verb_id" and in verbs, I have 'id' > > > and 'verb'. > > > > In the 'verbs' database, I have action items like 'Examine', 'Test', > > > and 'Interview'. > > > > When I load the view, it uses the verb_id instead of the 'verb'. I've > > > played with my code and relations for awhile now and I can't seem to > > > figure out why it's doing it. I've created other models, controllers, > > > and views with similar situations and it works fine with displaying > > > the actual word column instead of the ID. I was just hoping that > > > somebody might be able to explain why it's doing this. > > > > Thanks! --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "CakePHP" 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
