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about twice a month I'm faced with orders where customers don't enter a zipcode (or improper zipcode) and so no shipping is calculated, yet the order is allowed to complete. Has anyone come up with a way to validate that field for at least five digits and decline the order if it not valid? |
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Joe you didn't mention which version of BV you are running. If its BV5 rev 5 the go to options > countries > select United States and where it says Postal Code Validation Regex: enter this in the box and save ^\d{5}$|^\d{5}-\d{4}$ This should validate either a 5 digit or nine digit code. There should be an error message thrown if it is left blank. Richard www.somethingmorestore.com
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We're doing the same thing on one of our BV sites. So far so good. |
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Yeah we have been using it for awhile and its been working great. If you need something for canada let me know I have one for it too. Richard www.somethingmorestore.com
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Thanks -- what puzzles me is that we currently have:
^\d{5}$
I would have thought that would prevent a non-zip code or a zip code of less than five characters from allowing an order to go through, but so far it has not. |
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Just tested it -- I put "VA" in the zip code box -- the program first told me to select a shipping method -- I chose the "$0.00 enter zip code for rates" clicked "Complete Order" and it allowed it to go through. |
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^\d{5}$
3 digits... no go (3.2). Have you got the 'enable validation' check box filled? |
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Joe,
As Mitch said, definitely check that you have the "Enable Postal Code Validation" checkbox checked at the top of the Options --> Countries page in the admin. Also, you should use the regex that Richard posted as it will also validate a 9-digit zip code. |
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Well duh -- I have never seen that postal code validation box before!
[...idiot retreating back into hole] |
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