Magento - Add custom attribute to order

Question

I\'m trying to add a custom field to my orders. At this moment, I found the post bellow that helped me to create such attribute in my database: http://fabrizioballiano.net/2

Answer 1

Add this to the gobal scope in config.xml. Then simply set the attribute in the quote - it gets automagically transferred to the order in the quote to order conversion process.

<global>
...
    <fieldsets>
        <sales_convert_quote>
            <your_special_attribute>
                <to_order>*</to_order>
            </your_special_attribute>
        </sales_convert_quote>
    </fieldsets>
...
</global>

You can retrieve/set the attribute at any time via the magic getter/setter e.g.

$quote->getYourSpecialAttribute()
$order->getYourSpecialAttribute()

$quote->setYourSpecialAttribute()