Cannot add attributes to products

Hi all,

I have installed a fresh copy of v139h and have also installed the following add-ons:

• column_layout_grid_for_product_listing_1-3-8
• CSS Horizontal Dropdown Menu With jquery
• Image_Handler3_v3_0
• lightbox_gallery_1-2
• australia_post_shipping_module_1-1
• direct_bank_deposit_1-1
• improved_attributes_controller_1-1b2

I have created a "text" option called "Colour" and I am not able to attach this option to any of my products.
Each time I try .../attributes_controller.php?products_filter=38&current_category_id=1, the page bouces me back to "...../options_values_manager.php"

I have tried to create a "dropdown" option also, and this shows in .../attributes_controller.php, but it does not add when selected.

I did delete and recreate all the database tables relating to "options" and again created a "text" option but the page again bounced me back to .../attributes_controller.php.

I have repeated the above using both the improved_attributes_controller_1-1b2 and the original file from the v139h file set with the same results.

I have tried the suggestion by Ajeh in http://www.zen-cart.com/forum/showthread.php?t=191678&highlight=attributes and after this fix I can see the "Colour" "Text" option in .../attributes_controller.php but it still does not add to the product.

 INSERT INTO products_options_values (products_options_values_id, language_id, products_options_values_name) VALUES (0, 1, 'TEXT');

Here are my current database tables after adding one "text" attribute.

--
-- Table structure for table `products_attributes`
--

DROP TABLE IF EXISTS `products_attributes`;
CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `products_attributes` (
  `products_attributes_id` int(11) NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
  `products_id` int(11) NOT NULL DEFAULT '0',
  `options_id` int(11) NOT NULL DEFAULT '0',
  `options_values_id` int(11) NOT NULL DEFAULT '0',
  `options_values_price` decimal(15,4) NOT NULL DEFAULT '0.0000',
  `price_prefix` char(1) COLLATE utf8_bin NOT NULL DEFAULT '',
  `products_options_sort_order` int(11) NOT NULL DEFAULT '0',
  `product_attribute_is_free` tinyint(1) NOT NULL DEFAULT '0',
  `products_attributes_weight` float NOT NULL DEFAULT '0',
  `products_attributes_weight_prefix` char(1) COLLATE utf8_bin NOT NULL DEFAULT '',
  `attributes_display_only` tinyint(1) NOT NULL DEFAULT '0',
  `attributes_default` tinyint(1) NOT NULL DEFAULT '0',
  `attributes_discounted` tinyint(1) NOT NULL DEFAULT '1',
  `attributes_image` varchar(64) COLLATE utf8_bin DEFAULT NULL,
  `attributes_price_base_included` tinyint(1) NOT NULL DEFAULT '1',
  `attributes_price_onetime` decimal(15,4) NOT NULL DEFAULT '0.0000',
  `attributes_price_factor` decimal(15,4) NOT NULL DEFAULT '0.0000',
  `attributes_price_factor_offset` decimal(15,4) NOT NULL DEFAULT '0.0000',
  `attributes_price_factor_onetime` decimal(15,4) NOT NULL DEFAULT '0.0000',
  `attributes_price_factor_onetime_offset` decimal(15,4) NOT NULL DEFAULT '0.0000',
  `attributes_qty_prices` text COLLATE utf8_bin,
  `attributes_qty_prices_onetime` text COLLATE utf8_bin,
  `attributes_price_words` decimal(15,4) NOT NULL DEFAULT '0.0000',
  `attributes_price_words_free` int(4) NOT NULL DEFAULT '0',
  `attributes_price_letters` decimal(15,4) NOT NULL DEFAULT '0.0000',
  `attributes_price_letters_free` int(4) NOT NULL DEFAULT '0',
  `attributes_required` tinyint(1) NOT NULL DEFAULT '0',
  PRIMARY KEY (`products_attributes_id`),
  KEY `idx_id_options_id_values_zen` (`products_id`,`options_id`,`options_values_id`),
  KEY `idx_opt_sort_order_zen` (`products_options_sort_order`)
) ENGINE=MyISAM DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8 COLLATE=utf8_bin AUTO_INCREMENT=1 ;

-- --------------------------------------------------------

--
-- Table structure for table `products_options`
--

DROP TABLE IF EXISTS `products_options`;
CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `products_options` (
  `products_options_id` int(11) NOT NULL DEFAULT '0',
  `language_id` int(11) NOT NULL DEFAULT '1',
  `products_options_name` varchar(32) COLLATE utf8_bin NOT NULL DEFAULT '',
  `products_options_sort_order` int(11) NOT NULL DEFAULT '0',
  `products_options_type` int(5) NOT NULL DEFAULT '0',
  `products_options_length` smallint(2) NOT NULL DEFAULT '32',
  `products_options_comment` varchar(64) COLLATE utf8_bin DEFAULT NULL,
  `products_options_size` smallint(2) NOT NULL DEFAULT '32',
  `products_options_images_per_row` int(2) DEFAULT '5',
  `products_options_images_style` int(1) DEFAULT '0',
  `products_options_rows` smallint(2) NOT NULL DEFAULT '1',
  PRIMARY KEY (`products_options_id`,`language_id`),
  KEY `idx_lang_id_zen` (`language_id`),
  KEY `idx_products_options_sort_order_zen` (`products_options_sort_order`),
  KEY `idx_products_options_name_zen` (`products_options_name`)
) ENGINE=MyISAM DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8 COLLATE=utf8_bin;

--
-- Dumping data for table `products_options`
--

INSERT INTO `products_options` (`products_options_id`, `language_id`, `products_options_name`, `products_options_sort_order`, `products_options_type`, `products_options_length`, `products_options_comment`, `products_options_size`, `products_options_images_per_row`, `products_options_images_style`, `products_options_rows`) VALUES
(1, 1, 'Colour', 10, 1, 32, NULL, 32, 0, 0, 1);

-- --------------------------------------------------------

--
-- Table structure for table `products_options_types`
--

DROP TABLE IF EXISTS `products_options_types`;
CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `products_options_types` (
  `products_options_types_id` int(11) NOT NULL DEFAULT '0',
  `products_options_types_name` varchar(32) COLLATE latin1_general_ci DEFAULT NULL,
  PRIMARY KEY (`products_options_types_id`)
) ENGINE=MyISAM DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1 COLLATE=latin1_general_ci COMMENT='Track products_options_types';

--
-- Dumping data for table `products_options_types`
--

INSERT INTO `products_options_types` (`products_options_types_id`, `products_options_types_name`) VALUES
(0, 'Dropdown'),
(1, 'Text'),
(2, 'Radio'),
(3, 'Checkbox'),
(4, 'File'),
(5, 'Read Only');

-- --------------------------------------------------------

--
-- Table structure for table `products_options_values`
--

DROP TABLE IF EXISTS `products_options_values`;
CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `products_options_values` (
  `products_options_values_id` int(11) NOT NULL DEFAULT '0',
  `language_id` int(11) NOT NULL DEFAULT '1',
  `products_options_values_name` varchar(64) COLLATE utf8_bin NOT NULL DEFAULT '',
  `products_options_values_sort_order` int(11) NOT NULL DEFAULT '0',
  PRIMARY KEY (`products_options_values_id`,`language_id`),
  KEY `idx_products_options_values_name_zen` (`products_options_values_name`),
  KEY `idx_products_options_values_sort_order_zen` (`products_options_values_sort_order`)
) ENGINE=MyISAM DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8 COLLATE=utf8_bin;

-- --------------------------------------------------------

--
-- Table structure for table `products_options_values_to_products_options`
--

DROP TABLE IF EXISTS `products_options_values_to_products_options`;
CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `products_options_values_to_products_options` (
  `products_options_values_to_products_options_id` int(11) NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
  `products_options_id` int(11) NOT NULL DEFAULT '0',
  `products_options_values_id` int(11) NOT NULL DEFAULT '0',
  PRIMARY KEY (`products_options_values_to_products_options_id`),
  KEY `idx_products_options_id_zen` (`products_options_id`),
  KEY `idx_products_options_values_id_zen` (`products_options_values_id`)
) ENGINE=MyISAM  DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8 COLLATE=utf8_bin AUTO_INCREMENT=2 ;

--
-- Dumping data for table `products_options_values_to_products_options`
--

INSERT INTO `products_options_values_to_products_options` (`products_options_values_to_products_options_id`, `products_options_id`, `products_options_values_id`) VALUES
(1, 1, 0);

I hope anyone can give me some advise.

Many thanks,

Goshawk

Was able to fix it after all with ```
INSERT INTO products_options_values (products_options_values_id, language_id, products_options_values_name) VALUES (0, 1, 'TEXT');

Reason why it did not work the first time is that the table "products_options_values_to_products_options" had "AUTO_INCREMENT=2" though the table was empty.

This was a result of emptying the table in MySQL without checking the AUTO_INCREMENT value.

I hope that this post and my explanation can help others with the same problem.

Regards and happy Zenning

Goshawk