Re: Add - optional parameters textA=....
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It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 14667
interpreted = N
texte = >The documetation says I can use ADD to assign additional values to the >shopping cart, but there are only options text=A through E. Am I limited to >just 5 of these A through E or can I use up to textZ=someValue and beyond?There are just 5 per lineitem. The order file itself has header1-40, but those are stored once at the top of the order file, not on a per-lineitem basis.>So, am I heading in the right direction on this or should I be looking at >doing this a different way such as creating a user database?If you need to store lots of stuff for each lineitem, I suggest you create a separate database that keeps track of it, and just use the lineitems textA field to store some kind of key, like the contractor# or job# or room# or something like that. This way you can still use the commerce features to track priceing and such, but still be able to do lookups in another database for extra info.Grant Hulbert, V.P. Engineering | ==== eCommerce for the Rest of Us ==== Pacific Coast Software | WebCatalog, WebMerchant, 11770 Bernardo Plaza Court | SiteEdit Pro, PhotoMaster, San Diego, CA 92128 | Typhoon 619/675-1106 Fax: 619/675-0372 | http://www.smithmicro.com/
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>The documetation says I can use ADD to assign additional values to the >shopping cart, but there are only options text=A through E. Am I limited to >just 5 of these A through E or can I use up to textZ=someValue and beyond?There are just 5 per lineitem. The
order file itself has header1-40, but those are stored once at the top of the
order file, not on a per-lineitem basis.>So, am I heading in the right direction on this or should I be looking at >doing this a different way such as creating a user database?If you need to store lots of stuff for each lineitem, I suggest you create a separate database that keeps track of it, and just use the lineitems textA field to store some kind of key, like the contractor# or job# or room# or something like that. This way you can still use the commerce features to track priceing and such, but still be able to do lookups in another database for extra info.Grant Hulbert, V.P. Engineering | ==== eCommerce for the Rest of Us ==== Pacific Coast Software | WebCatalog, WebMerchant, 11770 Bernardo Plaza Court | SiteEdit Pro, PhotoMaster, San Diego, CA 92128 | Typhoon 619/675-1106 Fax: 619/675-0372 | http://www.smithmicro.com/
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