Hot To Set Default Billing/Shipping Selected State

[dave@givemore.com]

Does anyone know how to set the default billing/shipping state that is selected during checkout.

We are pulling the states from a database table, and the default is currently the first alphabetical state, which is Alabama.

I would like it to be set to a double dash "--" or something similar as the default to ensure my customers do not select an incorrect state.

There should also be validation in place to make sure "--" isn't still selected, which may or may not be handled by the current validation.

Thanks!
Joe

[mazhar]

Have a look at this thread. Something similar is done here for shipping methods. I guess it would help you viewtopic.php?f=42&t=10264

[dave@givemore.com]

Mazhar,

We do not use onepagecheckout.ascx.

I tried to utilize the code on the thread you mentioned above, but did not have any luck.

Below if what we are using to pull the state drop down. Do you have any other ideas, or suggestions?

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<asp:Label ID="BillToProvinceLabel" runat="server" Text="State:<span class='red'>*</span>" AssociatedControlID="BillToProvince" EnableViewState="false" CssClass="shippinglabels" />
<asp:TextBox ID="BillToProvince" runat="server" Visible="false" EnableViewState="false" MaxLength="50" CssClass="shippingfields" /><!-- <br /> --><!-- AP-CAPTECH -->
<asp:DropDownList ID="BillToProvinceList" runat="server" EnableViewState="false" CssClass="shippingstate"></asp:DropDownList>

Thanks!