What I have used (but not quite for what you are doing) is to override the beforeSave() and afterFind() functions to be able to save binary data (arrays of information). I think this should work ok for what you want, as long as you aren't relying on other model functions that directly look at the database (ie getColumnTypes(), hasField() ).
But the standard form controls (ie prepopulation, validation) just look at the Model object after it is loaded, so you should have no problems saving the field information as an array. Just in case this is what you are after, I have put a paste of what I currently use, to encode model data before being saved in the DB, and decode when loaded. http://www.cakephp.org/pastes/show/56c6f37eea4cba616418c649ee2eb84e --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Cake PHP" group. To post to this group, send email to cake-php@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cake-php -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
