cakephp post data field missing from SQL update statement - cakephp

Question

Having trouble geting cakephp to update a record.
Controller Code:
public function viewBenefit($id) {
if ($this->request->is('post')) {
$this->set('post', $this->request->data);
$this->Benefit->id = $id;
if ($this->Benefit->save($this->Benefit->data)) {
$myVars['Sucsess'] = TRUE;
$this->Session->setFlash('Updates Saved');
} else {
$myVars['NewID'] = 0;
$myVars['Sucsess'] = False;
$this->Session->setFlash('There was an error.');
}
}
$this->Benefit->recursive = 2;
$this->Benefit->id = $id;
$this->set('benefit', $this->Benefit->read());
}
Relevant View Code:
<?php echo $this->Form->create('Benefit',array('action'=>'edit','url' => '#')); ?>
<?php echo $this->Form->input('id',array('type'=>'hidden')) . "\n"; ?>
<?php echo $this->Form->input('short_description',array('type'=>'textarea')) . "\n"; ?>
<?php echo $this->Form->end(); ?>
NOTE: The Form is sumbitted via JS
POST Data (via debug($post); )
array(
'Benefit' => array(
'id' => '1952e98e-f589-47d4-b458-11a1bd58ba3b',
'short_description' => '<p>This is great sample insurance 321321</p>'
)
)
SQL UPDATE statment:
UPDATE `c16memberdev`.`benefits` SET `modified` = '2012-12-04 10:45:16' WHERE `c16memberdev`.`benefits`.`id` = '1952e98e-f589-47d4-b458-11a1bd58ba3b'
As you can see the field "short_description" does not get added to the SQL statement, and therefore the data not added to the database. Thanks for your help.

Answer 1

Try changing
$this->Benefit->save($this->Benefit->data)
to
$this->Benefit->save($this->request->data)