Authorize.Net Hell

[Tev Kaber <tev@acadia.net>]

I've stumbled into a pit here, and I'll likely be eaten by a grue.

What has happened is that sales told a customer that we can do
Authorize.Net with Minivend (which I'd never tried before), and I'm having
trouble with it.  The system administrator here worked with me for a couple
days trying to get the modules to work - eventually he admitted defeat.  We
are using Stronghold on BSDI, and apparently that just doesn't work with
the available modules.

No problem, I thought, I'll do it a somewhat hacked way, by putting a
"Complete Order (authorize credit card)" button on the receipt page.  Not
very clean, but easy enough, right?  Not as easy as I thought.

My troubles are: 
* The variable for the credit card number [value mv_credit_card_number]
gets cleared upon reaching the receipt page.
* The variable for cost [total-cost] returns a dollar sign at the beginning
of the price, and I need just a numeric value.

Please, has anyone done Authorize.Net authorization using the ADC relay
method (forms that submit info to Authorize.Net)?
The client keeps calling and I'm out of ideas.

Thanks!


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