Re: Saving Text Areas with Orders

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1997


It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 14540
interpreted = N
texte = The TextA, TextB, etc. and extra header fields (header1, header2, etc.) in the shopping cart file are for just this sort of thing. You can store text from a textarea tag just fine.John.> My customers require being able to write a few lines of comment to be >attached to their orders. > > After they see the cart, they will need to write their comments in a >TEXTAREA. > > Where do I save this? If they decide to go back to add or edit the >order, I don't want these comments to be lost. > > I have thought about creating a comments SKU, and using [hideif] to >keep it >from being listed out with [lineitems]. I am unsure if a TEXTAREA could >be held inside of textB, even if I set the WRAP attribute to VIRTUAL > > My other idea was to create a db with cart numbers and comments, but I >don't thing that would help me if someone pressed the back button on the >browser, and then changed their order, instead of Submitting the form. >And I'm not sure how a TEXTAREA would be saved. > > I have hacked away at this for some time today, and RTFM'd with the >O'Reilly HTML book, but no answer was apparent. I would appreciate any >time-saving advice. > >Thanks. > >Larry Orchier > > John A. Hill Pacific Coast Software http://www.smithmicro.com Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

    
  1. Re: Saving Text Areas with Orders (John Hill 1997)
  2. Re: Saving Text Areas with Orders (Larry Orchier 1997)
  3. Re: Saving Text Areas with Orders (John Hill 1997)
  4. Saving Text Areas with Orders (Larry Orchier 1997)
The TextA, TextB, etc. and extra header fields (header1, header2, etc.) in the shopping cart file are for just this sort of thing. You can store text from a textarea tag just fine.John.> My customers require being able to write a few lines of comment to be >attached to their orders. > > After they see the cart, they will need to write their comments in a >TEXTAREA. > > Where do I save this? If they decide to go back to add or edit the >order, I don't want these comments to be lost. > > I have thought about creating a comments SKU, and using [hideif] to >keep it >from being listed out with [lineitems]. I am unsure if a TEXTAREA could >be held inside of textB, even if I set the WRAP attribute to VIRTUAL > > My other idea was to create a db with cart numbers and comments, but I >don't thing that would help me if someone pressed the back button on the >browser, and then changed their order, instead of Submitting the form. >And I'm not sure how a TEXTAREA would be saved. > > I have hacked away at this for some time today, and RTFM'd with the >O'Reilly HTML book, but no answer was apparent. I would appreciate any >time-saving advice. > >Thanks. > >Larry Orchier > > John A. Hill Pacific Coast Software http://www.smithmicro.com John Hill

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