Yii - how can I search by a column from foreign/related key on admin page?

Question

In my database, I have two tables, manufacturer and plastic:

CREATE TABLE `manufacturer` (                                                                            


        

Answer 1

It also works if you just use 'manufacturer_search' for the name of the column, as shown in the tutorial you mentioned above.

widget('zii.widgets.grid.CGridView', array(
    'id'=>'plastic-grid',
    'dataProvider'=>$model->search(),
    'filter'=>$model,
    'columns'=>array(
        'name',
        array(
            'name'=>'manufacturer_search',
            'value'=>'$data->manufacturer->name'
        ),
        array(
            'class'=>'CButtonColumn',
        ),  
    ),  
)); ?>