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My Contribution To The List For Canadian Shipping Problems
After using Tim Shea's code from a previous message, I was able to get
MiniVend working correctly with Canadian purchases. However, I had this
phantom amount of $5.00 being added to all orders. I finally discovered
that this was due to a space between the first 3 digits of a Canadian
postal code and the last 3. If I took out the space, the shipping was
correct.
Also, If a person entered the postal code in lower case, it would not be
looked up correctly because of the upper case entries in the zone file.
Steve Cockwell got me going with the case problem by supplying this added
code that goes in the profile:
[perl values]
$Safe{'values'}{zip} = uc ($Safe{'values'}{zip});
return '';
[/perl]
I had limited the zip field to 6 characters and this would take care of
most problems because most people would realize that they had not been able
to enter the last digit if they had added the space after the third digit.
n6a4s5
^^^^^^^
123456
or
n6a 4s
^^^^^^
123456
So basically I still have the possibility of an added $5.00 if they don't
notice they haven't typed the last digit.
Not good since I want this thing as foolproof as possible.
I set out on a mission to fix it, and actually did!
Here's the fix: (Add the script to your checkout.html page inside the
<HEAD> </HEAD> then replace your existing "zip" input field with the one
supplied below)
<TITLE>__COMPANY__ - [L]Check Out[/L]</TITLE>
<SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript">
<!-- Begin
function replaceChars(entry) {
out = " "; // replace this
add = ""; // with this
temp = "" + entry; // temporary holder
while (temp.indexOf(out)>-1) {
pos= temp.indexOf(out);
temp = "" + (temp.substring(0, pos) + add +
temp.substring((pos + out.length), temp.length));
}
document.subform.zip.value = temp;
}
// End -->
</script>
</HEAD>
<INPUT TYPE="text" NAME="zip" VALUE="[value zip]" size=10
onChange="replaceChars(document.subform.zip.value);">
As soon as the customer tabs or clicks off to the next field, any spaces
will be stripped out!
Thanks for all the help guys!
Later,
Cameron B. Prince
Internet Experts Inc.
