Question

I have created a new custom module and DB table for magento. What is the best wat to populate this with customer data.

For example when a new customer is created I want to store the ID of this customer in this new table as well and then use this ID to display various information in a new section within the admin.

I have created the new section but just not sure how to do the first part. The reason I want to do this is that I want to assign each customer a specific discount per category.

Thanks
Robert

Answer 1

@Robert,
there is a better way for doing this, and you do not need to create a module.

You can associate your customers to groups in the Customer->Customer Groups menu.

After create the customer groups, you can create a specific discount for this group and for each category. For doing this, you should:

1. Go to Promotions -> Shopping cart price rules
2. Click in Add new
3. Set the name and select the group to apply
4. Click on the Conditions tab
5. Add a Product Attribute combination rule, and add Product Attribute Category as the attribute to verify.
6. Select the category (or categories) that this rule applies.

Example:

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But if you want to proceed with the original idea, I suggest you create a customer attribute, instead of creating a new table. By doing this, the custom attribute can be shown at the customer information with no need to create another admin page.