Custom field getting data from a table (similar to category)

[jramirez]

Hi to everyone, I'm using mantis 1.1.1 and I want to use it to report hardware problems and I'd like to have a custom field to archive serial numbers but I need these serial numbers to be archived in a different table because they are too much to be just in a field like a type list custom field.
I have also thought about add a new field called hardware_id to mantis_bug_table and do something similar to category.
I started doing that, I modified bug_report_page.php and bug_report.php, added the new field to $g_view_issues_page_columns variable at config_defaults_inc.php file
so now I can report bugs and select the hardware item but in the view_pages I can only see hardware_id, and I'd like to show the description field of the new table.

If someone know how to do it properly I could pay for the support. Or donate the money to mantis project.

Thanks in advance.