That worked! The numeric index was the problem. The values are stored
in db as displayed. Thanks.
On Jan 18, 3:53 pm, grigri <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> How is the event_name stored in the database? As a numeric index or as
> a text field?
>
> The code you've written assumes it's a numeric index (value '2' is
> displayed as 'Anniversary', ...)
>
> If it's a text field then you need to have the same values as display
> fields; the easiest way to do this is:
>
> $event_names = array('Birthday', 'Anniversary', ...);
> $event_names = array_combine($event_names, $event_names);
>
> This corresponds to this more long-winded code:
>
> $event_names = array(
> 'Birthday' => 'Birthday',
> 'Anniversary' => 'Anniversary',
> ...
> );
>
> On Jan 18, 10:41 am, krr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > I have an events table which has event_name as one of the fields. The
> > value for this field is restricted (has to be a value from a set of
> > values, like 'Birthday', 'Anniversary', etc). So it is better to have
> > a dropdown instead of textbox in the views (add & edit).
>
> > Since these are not part of any table, I cannot use generateList in
> > the controller. So I used the below code in the controller.
>
> > $event_names = array('1'=>'Birthday', '2'=>'Anniversary', /*... etc...
> > */);
> > $this->set(compact('event_names'));
>
> > I am using the below code for event_name field in the views.
>
> > echo $form->input('event_name');
>
> > This works for add and dropdown appears. But in edit, the dropdown
> > does not automatically select the proper value according to the value
> > of event_name from the database.
>
> > Is there something I am missing?
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