For every input that you are accepting from user, you need to define it in model::rule(). Is active defined there in rule()?
In general, if you are having problems saving to the database, I would replace $model->save(); with if($model->save() == false) var_dump($model->errors); that way, you can see exactly why it did not save. It is usually a validation error.
You can use htmlOptions array to specify value attribute. Below is the code example: labelEx($model,'active');? > checkBox($model,'active', array('value'=>1, 'uncheckValue'=>0));?
> error($model,'active');? > Since version 1.0.2, a special option named 'uncheckValue' is available that can be used to specify the value returned when the checkbox is not checked. By default, this value is '0'.(This text is taken from YII Documenration).
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