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    <p>I am using Magento ver. 1.6.2.0. </p> <p>After reading a number of posts and question (on SO and elsewhere) I have attempted to add an attribute to my sales_flat_order table. In previous versions of Magento, the sales/order model used the EAV method, but from what I can gather, after 1.4 it was moved to a flat table.</p> <p>So, here's my mysql-install file:</p> <pre><code>$installer = $this; $installer-&gt;getConnection()-&gt;addColumn($installer-&gt;getTable('sales/order'), 'khaos_soc', 'varchar(255) NULL'); </code></pre> <p>Which has added a column to my sales_flat_order table.</p> <p>My problem is that I cannot set data to be inserted into that field. I have an observer, that is called by the event 'checkout_submit_all_after'. The code retrieves the current order id, and then attempts to set the 'khaos_soc' data, here's the code:</p> <pre><code>$test = Mage::getModel('sales/order')-&gt;load($order-&gt;getId()); // write the khaos soc to the database $test-&gt;setKhaosSoc('just testing'); $test-&gt;setCustomerFirstname('Charlie'); $test-&gt;save(); </code></pre> <p>The setCustomerFirstname() method works, and changes the firstname to Charlie, but the setKhaosSoc() method doesn't save anything to the database. I have also tried using the setData('khaos_soc', 'just testing') way of doing things which doesn't work either.</p> <p>I have tested this by manually setting a value for 'khaos_soc' in the database, then called the appropriate order and echoed out the getKhaosSoc() result, and it worked, but I am still unable to set it.</p> <p>So, I can retrieve manually created entries for my custom attribute, but I can't set them. Can anyone suggest why that is?</p> <p>Kind regards,</p> <p>James</p> <hr> <p>I have tried the approach suggest by Zyava, but it still doesn't save. Here's my upgrade code:</p> <pre><code>$installer = $this; $installer-&gt;startSetup(); $installer-&gt;addAttribute( 'order', 'khaos_soc', array( 'type' =&gt; 'varchar', /* varchar, text, decimal, datetime */ 'grid' =&gt; false /* or true if you wan't use this attribute on orders grid page */ ) ); $installer-&gt;endSetup(); </code></pre> <p>Here's my config.xml:</p> <pre><code>&lt;?xml version="1.0"?&gt; &lt;!-- /** * @category Symphony * @package Symphony_Khaosorders * @author ModuleCreator * @license http://opensource.org/licenses/osl-3.0.php Open Software License (OSL 3.0) */ --&gt; &lt;config&gt; &lt;modules&gt; &lt;Symphony_Khaosorders&gt; &lt;version&gt;0.1.8&lt;/version&gt; &lt;/Symphony_Khaosorders&gt; &lt;/modules&gt; &lt;frontend&gt; &lt;routers&gt; &lt;khaosorders&gt; &lt;use&gt;standard&lt;/use&gt; &lt;args&gt; &lt;module&gt;Symphony_Khaosorders&lt;/module&gt; &lt;frontName&gt;khaosorders&lt;/frontName&gt; &lt;/args&gt; &lt;/khaosorders&gt; &lt;/routers&gt; &lt;layout&gt; &lt;updates&gt; &lt;khaosorders&gt; &lt;file&gt;khaosorders.xml&lt;/file&gt; &lt;/khaosorders&gt; &lt;/updates&gt; &lt;/layout&gt; &lt;/frontend&gt; &lt;admin&gt; &lt;routers&gt; &lt;khaosorders&gt; &lt;use&gt;admin&lt;/use&gt; &lt;args&gt; &lt;module&gt;Symphony_Khaosorders&lt;/module&gt; &lt;frontName&gt;khaosorders&lt;/frontName&gt; &lt;/args&gt; &lt;/khaosorders&gt; &lt;/routers&gt; &lt;/admin&gt; &lt;adminhtml&gt; &lt;menu&gt; &lt;khaosorders module="khaosorders"&gt; &lt;title&gt;Khaosorders&lt;/title&gt; &lt;sort_order&gt;71&lt;/sort_order&gt; &lt;children&gt; &lt;items module="khaosorders"&gt; &lt;title&gt;Manage Items&lt;/title&gt; &lt;sort_order&gt;0&lt;/sort_order&gt; &lt;action&gt;khaosorders/adminhtml_khaosorders&lt;/action&gt; &lt;/items&gt; &lt;/children&gt; &lt;/khaosorders&gt; &lt;/menu&gt; &lt;acl&gt; &lt;resources&gt; &lt;all&gt; &lt;title&gt;Allow Everything&lt;/title&gt; &lt;/all&gt; &lt;admin&gt; &lt;children&gt; &lt;Symphony_Khaosorders&gt; &lt;title&gt;Khaosorders Module&lt;/title&gt; &lt;sort_order&gt;10&lt;/sort_order&gt; &lt;/Symphony_Khaosorders&gt; &lt;/children&gt; &lt;/admin&gt; &lt;/resources&gt; &lt;/acl&gt; &lt;layout&gt; &lt;updates&gt; &lt;khaosorders&gt; &lt;file&gt;khaosorders.xml&lt;/file&gt; &lt;/khaosorders&gt; &lt;/updates&gt; &lt;/layout&gt; &lt;/adminhtml&gt; &lt;global&gt; &lt;models&gt; &lt;khaosorders&gt; &lt;class&gt;Symphony_Khaosorders_Model&lt;/class&gt; &lt;resourceModel&gt;khaosorders_mysql4&lt;/resourceModel&gt; &lt;/khaosorders&gt; &lt;khaosorders_mysql4&gt; &lt;class&gt;Symphony_Khaosorders_Model_Mysql4&lt;/class&gt; &lt;entities&gt; &lt;khaosorders&gt; &lt;table&gt;khaosorders&lt;/table&gt; &lt;/khaosorders&gt; &lt;/entities&gt; &lt;/khaosorders_mysql4&gt; &lt;/models&gt; &lt;resources&gt; &lt;khaosorders_setup&gt; &lt;setup&gt; &lt;module&gt;Symphony_Khaosorders&lt;/module&gt; &lt;class&gt;Mage_Sales_Model_Mysql4_Setup&lt;/class&gt; &lt;/setup&gt; &lt;connection&gt; &lt;use&gt;core_setup&lt;/use&gt; &lt;/connection&gt; &lt;/khaosorders_setup&gt; &lt;khaosorders_write&gt; &lt;connection&gt; &lt;use&gt;core_write&lt;/use&gt; &lt;/connection&gt; &lt;/khaosorders_write&gt; &lt;khaosorders_read&gt; &lt;connection&gt; &lt;use&gt;core_read&lt;/use&gt; &lt;/connection&gt; &lt;/khaosorders_read&gt; &lt;/resources&gt; &lt;blocks&gt; &lt;khaosorders&gt; &lt;class&gt;Symphony_Khaosorders_Block&lt;/class&gt; &lt;/khaosorders&gt; &lt;/blocks&gt; &lt;helpers&gt; &lt;khaosorders&gt; &lt;class&gt;Symphony_Khaosorders_Helper&lt;/class&gt; &lt;/khaosorders&gt; &lt;/helpers&gt; &lt;/global&gt; &lt;/config&gt; </code></pre> <p>And here's my observer method:</p> <pre><code>$test = Mage::getModel('sales/order')-&gt;load($order-&gt;getId()); // write the khaos soc to the database $test-&gt;setKhaosSoc('just testing'); $test-&gt;setCustomerFirstname('Charlie'); $test-&gt;save(); </code></pre> <p>Is there something I am missing?</p>
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