RE: international orders not allowed

[Tim Shea <tim@valutech.net>]

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Hi Russ,

Here's a complete list of US possessions.

>From http://www.usps.gov/ncsc/lookups/abbr_state.txt:

AS American Samoa
DC District of Columbia
FM Federated States of Micronesia
GU Guam
MH Marshall Islands
MP Northern Mariana Islands
PW Palau
PR Puerto Rico
VI Virgin Islands
AE Armed Forces Africa/Canada/Europe/Middle East
AP Armed Forces Pacific
AA Armed Forces Americas (Except Canada)

Cheers,
Tim

On Monday, March 29, 1999 10:20 AM, Russ [SMTP:russ@khouse.org] wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I am having a problem ordering from international (non-US) addresses.  The
> state and zip codes provide problems.  For instance, canadian province codes
> and canadian zip codes are not passing validation and come up saying they
> are needed.
> 
> I notice in Order.pm line 629 there is a list of province codes.  Are these
> being used when canada is selected as the country?
> 
> The canadian postal code is validated with a sub starting at line 675 of
> Order.pm, but that also doesn't seem to be used when canada is selected as
> the country.
> 
> Further international order problems I'm having include ordering from the
> CNMI (Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas Islands), or Guam, or other US
> territories.  I've added CNMI's abbreviation, MP to the list of state codes
> found in Order.pm line 624.
> 
> I've added AE as a state code to deal with APO orders for US military
> personel.
> 
> I've also had a customer trying to order from Cyprus that won't accept the
> state and zip codes.
> 
> Is there a way to turn off state and zip code validation if someone selects
> a non-US country?  Or/and is there a way to get Canadian provinces and zip
> codes to be validated properly?
> Also, am I doing the right thing by adding AE to get APO's to work, and MP
> to get CNMI to work, or are there problems with doing it that way?
> Do I need to set up an additional checkout page/order profile to accomodate
> international orders?
> 
> Thanks in advance for any help that anyone can offer!
> 
> Russ
> 
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