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Re: PIPE delimited products.asc problem, and form data advice requested
****** message to minivend-users from Ryan Hertz <rhertz@gyb.baits.com> ******
At 09:41 AM 3/27/99 , JR wrote:
>****** message to minivend-users from "JR" <jr@mail.org> ******
>1. We need to have the products.asc database in PIPE format because it has
>all sorts of strange stuff in it - Arabic characters, tabs etc. But to get
>it to work, it appears we have to set in catalog.cfg
>
>Delimiter PIPE.
>
>And when we do that, the shipping.asc database stops being seen - nothing
>appears in the popup shipping box on the checkout form (actually $0.00
>appears). We've tried setting
Perhaps it would work if the shipping.asc was PIPE delimited?
>
>Database products products.asc PIPE
>
>and tried 5 instead of PIPE, but these things seem to make no difference.
>
> shipping.asc is seen when Delimiter is TAB, and products.asc PIPE is then
>not seen, and vice versa. What is the setup we need to be able to use this
>PIPE-delimited products.asc database?
>
>2. We cannot find out how we should be reading the data from a hidden field
>on a form. For instance, we want to send from the search form a hidden field
>
><INPUT type="hidden" name="my_work" value="new_project">
>
>and then read that value back on the next form. What's the way to do this?
>Is it perl, and if so what's the code? Or does it become readable by [value]
>or [scratch] or something? Or should we use some other way to send this data
>from a form (as opposed to a link)?
You might on the right track with [scratch], however, I don't know if it
is global to other pages. If you use Minivend tags it will be transparent
to the customer.
>
>Any help much appreciated.
>
>Jerry
>
>Godwin & Company
Ryan Hertz tel 520-645-3812
Webmaster tel 800-645-BAIT
Advertising Director fax 520-645-2588
Gary Yamamoto Custom Baits, Inc. http://www.yamamoto.baits.com
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