A "space" appears in Customer record when inserting the State/County in "other" box

[SarahL]

I will try to explain this

Create an account - Login page

In 1.5.4.

I have these settings (in customer details):

State true
State - Always display as pulldown? true

Set up - now if the zone files DO NOT contain a STATE for the Country that they pick the form displays an "OTHER" box to be filled in with the State "Type a choice below" it says

This is the HTML created

<input type="text" name="state" value="&nbsp;" size = "33" maxlength = "32" id="state" />

As you can see that   is the issue! So if you fill in that extra field when it get inserted into the database an extra space at the start of the State appears

Whilst not a big issue it is when tying with a sage accounting package as it cannot recognise the State as it starts with a space!

So trying to find where this extra space is coming from (not sure if my set up or a bug)

In looking at includes/templates/my template/templates/tpl_modules_create_account.php but I cannot see where the "other" box appears - it seems to be looking at the code in the JS files as I can see this

  } else {
    theForm.zone_id.options[0] = new Option("Type a choice below ...", "");
    showStateField(theForm);
  }

but I still cannot see where its actually creating the form field

Any ideas of where else I can look ?? Its tough hunting for a space but its throwing out the sage system so NOT finding it is not an option at present

I have looked in the modules/pages/create_account files and not spotting any spaces!

Can some one tell me where that "other" form field is actually created - as I can see the extra space on the website before I type something in! Just not where the HTML code is to create it!

Thank you
Sarah

[mc12345678]

Lot's of bouncing balls to follow... The Text of the 'Type a Choice Below ...' is presented through the includes/functions/functions_general.php file by the constant TYPE_BELOW in the functions zen_prepare_country_zones_pull_down and zen_js_zone_list.

The specific javascript you see is created in the later function.

The showstatefield javascript function is found in includes/modules/pages/create_account/jscript_addr_pulldowns.php and simply presents what the data is that is fed to it.

The fact that the space exists upon initial display indicates that dealing with a "preparation" cycle and not necessarily a "verification" cycle, although the space(s) could be trimmed upon submission if the source can not be found...

Unfortunately I need to stop at this point, but perhaps this offers a little assistance...

[SarahL]

Thank you - and yes I too found all of those details but I need to find where it actually creates the HTML Form field as I believe that is where that pesky space appears - and I am really not sure of where that function or code part is! Any help with that appreciated :)