How to remove the zip code field?

[trickobrien]

We dont have any postal codes in my country (Ireland) and we usually go through all kinds of strange guess work to just complete registration on many sites,so I would just like to completely remove this from my Zen cart-if someone knows the procedure,I would appreciate it

[schoolboy]

Two procedures to undertake:

1. using phpMyAdmin, you need to allow the PostCode field to be NULL. Right now it's "required" - it cannot be "Null".

2. After you have altered the database field property, you need to go into all the php files where the postcode field is called, and comment out that section of PHP

For example:

In the file: tpl_modules_create_account.php

The following:

<label class="inputLabel" for="postcode"><?php echo ENTRY_POST_CODE; ?></label>
<?php echo zen_draw_input_field('postcode', '', zen_set_field_length(TABLE_ADDRESS_BOOK, 'entry_postcode', '40') . ' id="postcode"') . (zen_not_null(ENTRY_POST_CODE_TEXT) ? '<span class="alert">' . ENTRY_POST_CODE_TEXT . '</span>': ''); ?>
<br class="clearBoth" />

Is given this treatment:

<!--<label class="inputLabel" for="postcode"><?php echo ENTRY_POST_CODE; ?></label>
<?php echo zen_draw_input_field('postcode', '', zen_set_field_length(TABLE_ADDRESS_BOOK, 'entry_postcode', '40') . ' id="postcode"') . (zen_not_null(ENTRY_POST_CODE_TEXT) ? '<span class="alert">' . ENTRY_POST_CODE_TEXT . '</span>': ''); ?>
<br class="clearBoth" />-->