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RE: Shipping _syntax_ proposal (Was Re: UPS Shipping Returns $0.00 (Continue))
It is late, so I thought I would throw my 2 cents in. I think most people
would agree that the shipping.asc file is a little obscure. I like the
direction you are heading Mike. It may seem a trivial change, but I think
it would be much clearer if the criteria was a UserTag like this:
upsg UPS Ground weight 0 150 [ups-shipping base=Ground zip=[default zip
12345] handling=1.00]
Rather than the cryptic bunch of positional parameter lists within
parameter lists that they currently are:
upsg UPS Ground weight 0 150 u Ground [default zip 90803] 0
And in addition to being clearer, the UserTags could be used as templates
for building customized shipping. I like it.
Christopher Thompson
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-minivend-users@minivend.com
>
> ****** message to minivend-users from mikeh@minivend.com ******
>
> Quoting Kyle Hayes (kyle540@quicknet.net):
> > Here was where I was starting to head (totally unfinished):
> >
> > shipping.cfg:
> >
> > Database Ground Ground.csv CSV
> > Database Zone Zone.csv CSV
> >
> > ...
> > LookUp UPSGZone DATABASE Zone
> > LookUp UPSGZone KEY RANGE [value zip]
> > LookUp UPSGZone COLUMN Ground
> > LookUp UPSGZone FAIL 'Unknown zip code
> [value zip]'
> >
> > LookUp UPSGTarif DATABASE Ground
> > LookUp UPSGTarif KEY SUM weight
> > LookUp UPSGTarif RANGE_MAX 150
> > LookUp UPSGTarif RANGE_MIN 0
> > LookUp UPSGTarif COLUMN LOOKUP UPSGZone
> > LookUp UPSGTarif FAIL 'UPS will only ship up to
> 150lbs. Please contact us for bulk shipping information.'
> > ...
> >
> > Shipping upsg NAME UPS Ground
> > Shipping upsg VALUE UPSGTarif
>
> I am afraid I don't see where this helps the average user.
> I believe the beauty of the MV scheme is this one:
>
> expert_shipping Shipping [my-criteria] 0
> 99999999 f [my-shipping]
>
> Now a usertag can implement anyone's scheme, while the ones that
> many people use, the simple table-based ones, are covered.
>
> Perhaps the focus should be a library of UserTags like:
>
> [dhl-shipping weight="@@TOTAL@@"].
>
> As for add-on modules, they can be added at any time:
>
> AddDirective YourLookUp lookups
> GlobalSub <<EOS
> sub custom_shipping {
> use MyShippingModule;
> CODE: {
> }
> return $cost;
> }
> EOS
>
> I encourage implementation of an alternate shipping setup. It doesn't
> need me...I have done my best here. 8-)
>
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