I’m using some custom customer data as described here and I need a way to save that information to the order entries in my database. Is that already an option? I didn’t see anything but I could have missed something.

I’m in a bit of a pinch and I’m already using the hook at the end of a order process so I just added the writing of the custom data to the DB manually in that extension for now.

What do you think about a CartThrob Custom Customer Info fieldtype similar to the CartThrob Order Items? That way the custom customer info could be accessible later as well.

If your custom data name has corresponds to a field name in your orders weblog, that data will get saved there. So if you’ve done:

And you have a field called order_customer_pin_num in your orders weblog, it should get saved there.

Yeah…..so…..

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  Next time I’ll try to read the documentation slightly better. Especially when I link to the information directly.
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Thanks Rob!

Is it possible to have the values of custom data returned as input values when you return to a page? For example, <input type=“text” name=“first_name” value=”{customer_first_name}”> outputs the first name in the input, but <input type=“text” name=“custom_data[field]” value=”{custom_data[field]}”> outputs {custom_data[field]}.

{custom_data[field]} should be: {custom_data:field}

How do you make a custom_data field required? If I add custom_data[field] to the list of required fields, on the next page it tells me it’s required but not present.

I’m not sure if setting those to required is possible right now. I’ve asked Rob.

Hey John, it’s not currently possible to add a custom data field to the list of required fields. We can consider it a feature request, though.

Sure, no probs.

Chris Newton - 15 December 2010 12:51 PM

{custom_data[field]} should be: {custom_data:field}

Chris, I’ve been trying to use this logic to update a checkbox within save_customer_info_form and customer_info forms. If the customer checks the box it’s a gift order. The form is correctly capturing the checkbox and I can output “on” with the {custom_data:gift_order} variable. However, my if statement always fails. Can this variable be used with comparison operators?

Here’s the code:

Okay, nevermind. Figured it out with their weird syntax”

Good to hear. Sorry for the lack of response, weve been off for the holidays, and I’ve missed a few posts.