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Wed, 06/10/2009 - 11:35
pmckibben
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Hi,

Is there any way to modify the list of U.S. states for billing/shipping, other than manually changing the uc_zones table in the database? Right now, my client only wants to handle the continental US, Hawaii, and Alaska--not American Samoa, Marshall Islands, Puerto Rico, etc. But they may change their mind later, and I would rather find a more suitable way to enable/disable states.

For now, I may just use a custom module with hook_form_alter and a lookup table of allowed states, but I wanted to see if anyone else has found a better way.

Thanks,
Paul

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Wed, 06/10/2009 - 15:46
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Re: Drupal 5/Ubercart 1.7: modifying list of states

The simplest solution is to just create a custom .cif file with the changes you want, and import that in the Store Administration -> Country Settings -> Import Countries pane.

But I think there's possibly a deeper issue here. I really think that this should be an extra column in the .cif file which defines a flag for the zone. Since many locations around the world have things like territories and "formal" states, this should be a filterable option.

What I would recommend is a Zone_Flag field. It would have the following possible values:
0/null = continental states (default)
1 = offshore states
2 = continental territories
3 = off-shore territories
4 = ?

This would then tie into an administration setting in the Country Settings page, as a filter on the imported data. But this may actually get to be more complicated to manage in some respects. So maybe the simple solution is best for now Smiling

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Thu, 06/11/2009 - 20:43
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Re: Re: Drupal 5/Ubercart 1.7: modifying list of states

Thanks, cybertoast! That indeed sounds simple. Should be easy to change, too, if the need arises: just create another .cif file.

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