Re: Credit Card Checking??

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1998

It keeps the original formatting. numero = 19828
interpreted = N
texte = Ok, I will write a page to check the date, and other fields and try the redirect command.Just so you know, there is nothing in the card number to verify the exp date. I guess the reason I was asking, was if you look at the html reference, for the Purchase command, where it lists the fields, it says the accountnum is required, and also the expmonth and expyear fields are required for credit cards. I just assumed that if you are checking the card number, you would check the month and year to be sure they are greater than or equal to the current month/year...But, my own page will work fine - give me more flexibility anyway.-Scott>At 9:15 Uhr 08.09.1998, Scott Szretter wrote:>>>I see that when WebCatalog checks the credit card number, it does not seem>>to check the expiration date...>>WebCat cannot check the date, because it does not talk to a clearing house>and (I believe) the expiration date is not included in the number. WebCat>verifies the card number based on a checksum algorithm, the card company is>defined by the first number(s).>>>>Is there a way to make it check the date, or do I need to write code myself?>>You have to check it yourself.>>>Peter>>__________________________________________>Peter Ostry - po@ostry.com - www.ostry.com>Ostry & Partner - Ostry Internet Solutions>Auhofstrasse 29 A-1130 Vienna Austria>fon ++43-1-8777454 fax ++43-1-8777454-21 Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

Re: Credit Card Checking?? (Kenneth Grome 1998)
Re: Credit Card Checking?? (Scott Szretter 1998)
Credit Card Checking?? (Scott Szretter 1998)
Re: Credit Card Checking?? (Peter Ostry 1998)

Ok, I will write a page to check the date, and other fields and try the redirect command.Just so you know, there is nothing in the card number to verify the exp date. I guess the reason I was asking, was if you look at the html reference, for the Purchase command, where it lists the fields, it says the accountnum is required, and also the expmonth and expyear fields are required for credit cards. I just assumed that if you are checking the card number, you would check the month and year to be sure they are greater than or equal to the current month/year...But, my own page will work fine - give me more flexibility anyway.-Scott>At 9:15 Uhr 08.09.1998, Scott Szretter wrote:>>>I see that when WebCatalog checks the credit card number, it does not seem>>to check the expiration date...>>WebCat cannot check the date, because it does not talk to a clearing house>and (I believe) the expiration date is not included in the number. WebCat>verifies the card number based on a checksum algorithm, the card company is>defined by the first number(s).>>>>Is there a way to make it check the date, or do I need to write code myself?>>You have to check it yourself.>>>Peter>>__________________________________________>Peter Ostry - po@ostry.com - www.ostry.com>Ostry & Partner - Ostry Internet Solutions>Auhofstrasse 29 A-1130 Vienna Austria>fon ++43-1-8777454 fax ++43-1-8777454-21 Scott Szretter

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Re: Credit Card Checking??

1998

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