Re: Insert generated fields into database

You can just add it to the data you save in the controller action. Something like:

function add() {

if (!empty($this->data)) {

$this->data['Model']['amount_plus_fee'] = $this->data['Model']['amount'] + 10;

$this->Model->save($this->data);

}

}

So amount_plus_fee wouldn't be in the form necessarily, but it's a field on the table that you save here.

On Friday, March 2, 2012 10:46:50 AM UTC-8, Graham wrote:

Hi, I am extremely new to CakePHP and I have a requirement that I
cannot see how to resolve.

I have been through the tutorials and searched the web for a solution
but cannot find an answer. It might be that I am not searching for the
right thing - I hope someone can point me in the right direction.

I can add a new record into a database from a form without problem. I
would like to add data to a database field that I generate based on
some other information - not from the form. The data will be based
upon some values from the form plus a sequence number.

I guess I could do it in an extra write but that is wasteful on
resources. I would like to add the extra data in the same statement as
the data form the form if that is possible.

This is sounding more complicated as I write it down but I hope
someone can decypher my needs!!

Thanks in advance for your assistance.

Graham

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