Thank you Geoff for the link and Nate for the explanation. I didn't know afterFind could be used with generateList in this manner. Very helpfull
Gary Dalton On 10/16/07, Geoff Ford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > http://groups.google.com/group/cake-php/search?group=cake-php&q=generateList+multiple+field > > THis one in particular > http://groups.google.com/group/cake-php/browse_thread/thread/c5709f46064b4106/853e167148d67f7d?lnk=gst&q=generateList+multiple+field#853e167148d67f7d > Basically nate suggests using afterFind to create a virtual full_name > field to use for $displayField > > Geoff > -- > http://lemoncake.wordpress.com > > On Oct 17, 1:24 pm, checkerboard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi guys, > > Currently I am having two tables authors and books having M2M > > relationship. > > The author table has three attributes id ,fname and lname. Now I am > > trying to display a select tag in the book entry form consisting of > > the author last name and first name. > > If I define the var $displayField as last name or first name then it > > won't be sufficient since it will display only one field. What I want > > is to concatenate both the first name and last name into one and > > display it in the select tag. How can I implement this. > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
