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how do i alter customer dataset

__pete® Total Posts: 11 Joined: 2007-11-22 Ignore user	hey there, it should be nothing complicated needed here: we want customers have new fields - we found out how to get varchar fields work -> they will view in frontend and backend but if we add a field type text -> textarea $customer->getAttributes() will not retrieve this new field in attributes :\ whats wrong with texts?also integer was a bit wrong / is_active as value of the core dataset could not be altered without much codechanges… here in short how we add a new field: * alter table eav_attribute o search for some other attributes with entity_type_id = 1 o copy one of these lines and alter the name and the things you want “new” * add a Mage_Customer_Model_Entity_Customer_Attribute_… class like described in backend_model in your new datarow * Mage_Customer_Model_Entity_Setup altering (function getDefaultEntities -> alter the long array with your new field) * Mage_Customer_Model_Mysql4_Customer - _prepareSaveData() - add $data[’yourfield’] = ... like the others * alter Html Templates: customer/form/edit.phtml and customer/form/register.phtml what at least to do to get a textarea also appear in the admin customer backend? thx for advises. _pete®
	Posted: November 22 2007 \| top

__pete® Total Posts: 11 Joined: 2007-11-22 Ignore user	workarround for now is this horror: Mage_Adminhtml_Block_Customer_Edit_Tab_Account - initForm… $collection = Mage::getResourceModel('customer/customer_collection') ->addAttributeToSelect('description') ->addAttributeToFilter('email', $customer->getData('email')) ->setPage(1,1); $collection->load(); foreach ($collection->getItems() as $item) { $customer->setDescription($item->getData('description')); } $fieldset->addField('description','textarea',array( 'label' => __('Description'), 'name' =>'description', 'class' => '', 'value' => $customer->getDescription() ) )->setEntityAttribute($customer->getAttribute('description')); _pete®
	Posted: November 22 2007 \| top \| # 1