Hi
I know that it is my lack of knowledge about Yii that is the problem, but IMHO is the documentation lacking examples or explanations 
I had - and still have - a problem understanding how to use a array of data as datasource in CDetailView, but I gave up, and now I have the ‘same’ problem with a drop down list in a form, and to honest I’m very close to give up using Yii - I know it’s my lack of knowledge, so do NOT start to tell me that
Ok, let me try to explain:
In the documentation it is stated that you can use a associative array as data source, the problem is just that it seems the Yii have a different definition of a associative array
e.g
array(‘key1’ => ‘Value 1’, ‘key2’ => 'Value 2);
is a associative array (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Associative_array), but it is not what Yii expect.
Now back to the subject.
I have a ‘simple’ form that asks to height, weight and activtilevel, I have created a model for the data and now in the view I would like to have a drop down list for the activity level
<div class="row">
<?php echo $form->labelEx($model,'activitylevel'); ?>
<?php echo $form->dropDownList($model,'activitylevel',$model->activitylevel, $data); ?>
<?php echo $form->error($model,'activitylevel'); ?>
</div>
Now the $data is my problem as I have tried 20 different combinations, but nothing seems to work:
e.g
$data [] = array(‘key’=> 0, ‘value’ => ‘select’);
$data [] = array(‘key’ => 1, ‘value’ => ‘Hard’);
$data [] = array(‘key’ => 2, ‘value’ => ‘Easy’);
So basically I need an example on how to build the array that Yii expect.
As I said, it is my lack of Yii knowledge, but I’m at the point of giving up on Yii due this ‘simple’ thing
Kind regards
Steen