Re: attn: smitmicro - cart limitation
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It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 44381
interpreted = N
texte = We had to work a problem for our content management system like this .. We were generating URL's about as long as 2 screens ;) We were consistently hitting the URL length limit.We got around the problem with our own 'cart' which is a session file that is recorded using a [cart] cookie as ID.[include file=^sessions/[getcookie name=our_id].inc]Works sweet as, we have ultimate control over the file format and it's just as fast as using [cart]'s. > Alain > > We deal with some very complex ordering systems, we need to collect 175 > fields of information from each customer to complete their order. > Currently we use all 40 headers with delimeters to hold the data and > then split the headers to get the data our again. > > Our carts are never destroyed, all carts are held for various reasons. > If we keep all the order data in one place life is easier than > spreading it around. > > Things would be simpler if we could just add a few more headers :) > ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list
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We had to work a problem for our content management system like this .. We were generating URL's about as long as 2 screens ;) We were consistently hitting the URL length limit.We got around the problem with our own 'cart' which is a session file that is recorded using a [cart] cookie as ID.[include file=^sessions/[getcookie name=our_id].inc]Works sweet as, we have ultimate control over the file format and it's just as fast as using [cart]'s. > Alain > > We deal with some very complex ordering systems, we need to collect 175 > fields of information from each customer to complete their order. > Currently we use all 40 headers with delimeters to hold the data and > then split the headers to get the data our again. > > Our carts are never destroyed, all carts are held for various reasons. > If we keep all the order data in one place life is easier than > spreading it around. > > Things would be simpler if we could just add a few more headers :) > ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://search.smithmicro.com/
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