Hi xybersoftware, > My form does not have any editable fields... > I only want to change certain fields of the records that are shown in > the view if a user checks a check box and clicks submit... > If the user checks the box then I want to mark all the records that > are shown with todays date... > I guess the question now is how do I post the data from the view so > that in the controller so I can update the database...
if you want to do this _without_ a page refresh, you'll have to do so via an AJAX request. This requires all the same logic and controller code as a normal save from a form, there's no shortcut! The functions you need are: controller method which accepts POST data ($this->data) model method which saves POST data prototype/jquery/mootools javascript code to submit the form when a checkbox is changed in psyudeo code you want to: * a html page which lists all your items inside a single form * each item in the html page has a checkbox, which has a unique ID and name. The ID of the checkbox should correspond to the record, eg the ID (primary key) of the record * the form submits to a controller method, say /my_controller/update_all_records * this controller method calls a (custom) model method, Model->updateAll($data) * Model->updateAll() loops over the data, and all records that have a checked checkbox are updated * back to your view, you have some javascript which is listening to the 'onchange' event for all your checkboxes * when a checkbox is changed, some more javascript creates a http post request to another controller method, update_record * the controller method calls a corresponding model method, Model->updateRecord($data); * your model method validates the data, and if it's ok and the checkbox is checked, it updates the date field That's about the size of it - good luck! Hope this helps Jon ps: if you don't need a degradable non-javascript version, you can skip all the 'update all records' stuff above -- jon bennett w: http://www.jben.net/ iChat (AIM): jbendotnet Skype: jon-bennett --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "CakePHP" group. To post to this group, send email to cake-php@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to cake-php+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cake-php?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
