[ic] New Account Creation lack of error

Jonathan Clark jonc@webmaint.com
Mon, 9 Apr 2001 15:30:43 +0100


>
> Was just wondering, when you create a new account and fail to fill in
> some of the fields, such as address, an error message is supposed
> to highlight which
> fields need fixing, rite? It appears that way in the code but even the
> demo 4.6.x and 4.7.x on demo.akopia.com don't seem to generate those
> errors. Has anyone fixed it?

I think field validation is performed on the checkout submission through a
routine in profiles.order:
<INPUT TYPE=hidden NAME=mv_order_profile VALUE=checkout_profile>

but no validation is performed on the account page where you can set up your
account information.

Jonathan
Webmaint.