Best practice for storing additional customer data in database

[Web10-Joris]

Hi,

I'm trying to figure out the best practice for storing additional customer data when using Runway for customers and orders. For instance, we want to keep a record of the phone number and company name for each customer. I've created a migration to add these columns to the customer table and included them in Runway's customer blueprint. When I input this data via the database or control panel, everything works fine, but I can't seem to store this information using the cart update route (with frontend form tag). Could I be doing something wrong? I've already whitelisted the phone and company fields for the customer in the config.

[Web10-Joris]

Forgot to mention, when searching for this I also found out that this related link in the docs isn't working anymore.

[duncanmcclean]

Thanks for pointing this out. I've fixed the link.

[duncanmcclean]

Can you share the code for the checkout template where customer enter their phone number & company name?

[Web10-Joris]

Ofcourse! You should still have acces to my repository. This is the file for the checkout.

[Web10-Joris]

Ah now I see the fixed page in the documentation, I'm not using the array for customers inside the input field :)

{{ sc:cart:update }}
    <input type="date" name="customer[dob]">
{{ /sc:cart:update }}

[duncanmcclean]

Ah yes, you need to do that otherwise it'll try saving to the order's data instead.