Re: WebMerchant Error
This WebDNA talk-list message is from 1998
It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 17675
interpreted = N
texte = At 11:54 AM -0800 5/14/98, Kenneth Grome is rumored to have typed: > >Can WebMerchant be modified so that it strips out illegal characters? > > Since WebMerchant is supposed to be given the correct data to begin with, >the stripping of illegal characters can and should be done by the software >that hands WebMerchant its data, not by WebMerchant itself ...In theory, yes. But in theory, Communism works (to quote the Simpsons). I'm just asking for a convenient, last minute catch in case one of the many current or future WebCat users doesn't realize that they have to wrap every header in a [CONVERTCHARS] to make sure the order goes through. It seems like a barricade for a product that claims that you can have a working store within minutes of installation.> >Perhaps it can replace them with legal characters (' for , a space for > >line feed, etc). It already replaces non-5 or 9 digit ZIPs... > > I don't think it really replaces 9 digit zips, I think it simply ignores >everything after the fifth character. That's a lot different than >replacing one character with another ... :)I get the following message in my WebMerchant window when it comes across a bad ZIP code: Zip code is not 5, 6 or 9 characters. Changed to 00000 to force address verification.To me, this means that WM is passing along different information than what's in the cart. Perhaps I'm wrong. Perhaps I don't understand the error message.MichaelMichael Winston *By e-mail!: michaelw@dhorse.com Internet Coordinator *By web!: http://www.dhorse.com/ Dark Horse Comics, Inc. *By fax!: 503/654/9440
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At 11:54 AM -0800 5/14/98, Kenneth Grome is rumored to have typed: > >Can WebMerchant be modified so that it strips out illegal characters? > > Since WebMerchant is supposed to be given the correct data to begin with, >the stripping of illegal characters can and should be done by the software >that hands WebMerchant its data, not by WebMerchant itself ...In theory, yes. But in theory, Communism works (to quote the Simpsons). I'm just asking for a convenient, last minute catch in case one of the many current or future WebCat users doesn't realize that they have to wrap every header in a
[convertchars] to make sure the order goes through. It seems like a barricade for a product that claims that you can have a working store within minutes of installation.> >Perhaps it can replace them with legal characters (' for , a space for > >line feed, etc). It already replaces non-5 or 9 digit ZIPs... > > I don't think it really replaces 9 digit zips, I think it simply ignores >everything after the fifth character. That's a lot different than >replacing one character with another ... :)I get the following message in my WebMerchant window when it comes across a bad ZIP code: Zip code is not 5, 6 or 9 characters. Changed to 00000 to force address verification.To me, this means that WM is passing along different information than what's in the cart. Perhaps I'm wrong. Perhaps I don't understand the error message.MichaelMichael Winston *By e-mail!: michaelw@dhorse.com Internet Coordinator *By web!: http://www.dhorse.com/ Dark Horse Comics, Inc. *By fax!: 503/654/9440
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