Re: Confused about QTY and QTY* price updating

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1998


It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 20098
interpreted = N
texte = >sorry but the tearoom example DOESN'T have an update button, nor does the >general store, and there's nothing in my manualMaybe I don't understand what you mean. When I go to the GeneralStore and put something in the cart I see a Qty field I can type in. When I proceed to Final Checkout, the resulting qty shows up there. If I back up and change it, it gets changed in the final invoice. Do you not mean that?>Also, another strange and related behavior.... clicking on the refresh >button of the browser causes the general store cart example to add items >on its own (and any templates derived from it), but the tearoom doesn't.This is most likely a browser caching issue. Probably the GeneralStore templates contain Pragma no-cache headers in them, and the TeaRoom ones don't. Your browser may be deciding to re-send a form, when other browsers might not. It is a nasty issue, because no two browsers are the same, but you can usually control it with HTML pragmas or worst-case code some WebDNA to look for duplicates in your cart and remove them.Technical Support | ==== eCommerce and Beyond ==== 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/ Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

    
  1. Re: Confused about QTY and QTY* price updating (PCS Technical Support 1998)
  2. Confused about QTY and QTY* price updating (John Reginald Harris Jr 1998)
>sorry but the tearoom example DOESN'T have an update button, nor does the >general store, and there's nothing in my manualMaybe I don't understand what you mean. When I go to the GeneralStore and put something in the cart I see a Qty field I can type in. When I proceed to Final Checkout, the resulting qty shows up there. If I back up and change it, it gets changed in the final invoice. Do you not mean that?>Also, another strange and related behavior.... clicking on the refresh >button of the browser causes the general store cart example to add items >on its own (and any templates derived from it), but the tearoom doesn't.This is most likely a browser caching issue. Probably the GeneralStore templates contain Pragma no-cache headers in them, and the TeaRoom ones don't. Your browser may be deciding to re-send a form, when other browsers might not. It is a nasty issue, because no two browsers are the same, but you can usually control it with HTML pragmas or worst-case code some WebDNA to look for duplicates in your cart and remove them.Technical Support | ==== eCommerce and Beyond ==== 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/ PCS Technical Support

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