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function index2()
{
	//turn off recursive search.  We just need names.
	$this->User->recursive = 0;
	//get all the user names and ids
	$users = $this->User->findAll(null,array('id','name'));
	$this->set('users', $users);
	if(!empty($this->data))
	{
		//set some variables for data parsing
		$date = null;
		$day = null;
		$month = null;
		$year = null;
 
		$saved = 0;		//keep track of how many rows are saved
 
		//Copy $this->data and then set $this->data to null.
		$tempData = $this->data;
		$this->data = null;
 
		//loop through the data and assign it in various ways
		foreach($tempData['Meeting'] as $id => $value)
		{
			//extract month, day, and year for saving later
			//everything else in $tempData['Meeting'] is a userID and checkbox value
			if($id == 'date_month')
			{
				$month = $value;
			}
			elseif($id == 'date_day')
			{
				$day = $value;
			}
			elseif($id == 'date_year')
			{
				$year = $value;
			}
			else
			{
				//set this to null or else it will only save one row and over-write
				//it with each loop iteration
				$this->User->Meeting->id = null;
 
				//set the date and add it to $this->data
				$this->data['date'] = $year.'-'.$month.'-'.$day;
 
				//set user_id and present and add to $this->data
				$this->data['user_id'] = $id;
				$this->data['present'] = $value;
 
				//save $this->data to Meeting and, if successfull, change $saved
				if($this->User->Meeting->save($this->data))
				{
					$saved += 1;
				}
			}
		}
 
		//Check to see if $saved == number of users.  If so, everything saved correctly
		if(count($users) == $saved)
		{
			$this->flash('Saved.', '/meetings/index2');
		}
		else
		{
			$this->flash('Error','/meetings/index2');
		}
	}
}