Using DISTINCT in a CakePHP find function

Question

I am writing a CakePHP 1.2 app. I have a list of people that I want the user to be able to filter on different fields. For each filterable field, I have a drop down list.

Answer 1

Yes the problem is that you are using a listing which designed for a id / value output. You probably will have to do a find('all') and then build the list yourself.