Re: order-number continues..

["Vendmanagers" <vendmanager@mikroneuvos.fi>]

----- Original Message -----
From: <mikeh@minivend.com>
To: <minivend-users@minivend.com>
Sent: 3. elokuuta 1999 20:22
Subject: Re: order-number

Mike Heins wrote:

> ******    message to minivend-users from mikeh@minivend.com     ******
>
> Quoting Kyle Hayes (kyle540@quicknet.net):
> >
> > MV is very flexible, but I wish there was a way to turn certain things
off
> > entirely.
> >
>
> Just don't define OrderCounter. 8-)
>
> Then you get a semi-random order number based on session ID, time, and
> process ID. You can safely ignore it -- nothing depends on mv_order_number
> per se.

I have thought that, but real problem is that I am trying to make system
work with one kind of banking system.
MV will make REAL transactions in real-time. :-) Not only sending mail with
credit card information.
This system needs some exact rolling number for sorting out different
orders. Random numbers cannot be used, letters not at all.
And secondly I have programmed one kind of error checking and sorting system
based in session number. (You might ask why I did that before this..  Answer
is that it must work that way anyway)
Why I want to divide order process to many (2 indeed) pages is that MV
should make item-list, take customers information and most importantly count
total cost firstly, after that it sends information to banking server (of
course customer delivers his/her continuously changing account codes at this
point). Banking server makes transaction and then sends success code to MV.
Since then MV should launch confirmation about order. If something goes
wrong, customer doesn&#180;t have enought money in his/her account for example,
banking server returns denying response and of course no mail or anything
else will be submitted.
We have this kind of system working, but it sends us always orders when
somebody just tests it. For this reason we have to check accounts
continuously to sort out real and false orders and it makes no sense.

Sounds difficult? It&#180;s not; MV is itself much more difficult. Except
security systems8-) , maybe.

Thank you again in advance.

Harri Makela