Multiple ID's and pull-downs

[Patrick Schoonveld <pschoonveld@venux.net>]

I have a client who requires there to be multiple product id's for
different attributes of the products. They would prefer to have
pull-downs to do this. We currently implemented their system using
GoldPaint due to a salesman's choice (not good. hasn't been developed at
all in the past 2.5 years). Basically it would work like this:

id	title	color	size
1000	shirt1	red	XL
1001	shirt1	red	L
1002	shirt1	red	M
1003	shirt1	red	S
1004	shirt1	blue	XL
1005	shirt1	blue	L
1006	shirt1	blue	M
1007	shirt1	blue	S

Then a page with 2 pulldowns that you choose the color and the size.
Then it adds that id number to the user's cart.

I am sort of at a loss for this. Another guy wasted a heck of a lot of
time (2 MONTHS!!!!!) with GoldPaint, and we don't really want to waste
any more time with it. Being a freeware advocate, I suggested the
immensely powerful MiniVend, and am researching it. But, I am new to it.
I know perl fairly well, so I have a few ideas about changing the way
adding an item to the shopping cart actually happens (make it id-less,
and just search for the id at that time based on the attributes), but
would prefer to see if MiniVend has a way to handle that. Any tips,
trick, filthy comments or hate mail are appreciated, as I am new to
MiniVend. 

Thanks, 
Patrick Schoonveld
Venux Technology Group 

"I am, after all a programmer by background, and optimism is an
occupational hazard." 
	- Fred Brooks, _The Mythical Man Month_