Is it possible to have a default value in text attributes?

[brianko]

It doesn't appear that a default field for text attributes exist. I've made some code changes to my site to allow for this. It involves creating a new DB field, adding a "Default text" field, then the changes needed to read from the textarea and get it into the DB. It's not a difficult change, but it's not exactly trivial either.

Maybe there's something in the contributions directory? I'd post my code, but it's not exactly "contribution" ready, and there appears to be no other forums available to do this sort of thing (i.e., posting of beta code, mods, etc.). If it's not a pressing need, I can share my mods with you offline.

[smashbeat]

Hi Brianko,
do you still have that piece of code?
Thanks

[Ajeh]

You would need something to then process the text to check for the question mark ...

You could customize the functions_lookups.php and alter the code to meet the needs of no spaces can be used:

// text required validation
    if (ereg('^txt_', $option)) {
      $check_attributes = $db->Execute("select attributes_display_only, attributes_required from " . TABLE_PRODUCTS_ATTRIBUTES . " where products_id='" . (int)$product_id . "' and options_id='" . (int)ereg_replace('txt_', '', $option) . "' and options_values_id='0'");
// text cannot be blank
      if ($check_attributes->fields['attributes_required'] == '1' and empty($value)) {
        $check_valid = false;
      }
    } 

Tidy up the $value in there before the test is done ...