Re: [mv] How To Extract Item Codes At Checkout Question: Followup

[OTR Comm <otrcomm@wildapache.net>]

cfm@maine.com wrote:
> 
> On Sat, Jan 20, 2001 at 10:25:47AM -0700, OTR Comm wrote:

> x items, y merchants in a single checkout, purchaser buys from
> mall and merchants settle with the mall after transaction, right?
Correct, the 'mall' has a merchant account with Cybercash/Humbolt Bank
and settles with each merchant on a monthly basis.

> "Single merchant account for each separate" implies every store
> has one and only one merchant account, but it doesn't really matter.
> Merchant settlement and shipping is divorced from the purchasing
> transaction, yes?  One cart, not multiple carts.
Correct!

> 
> At a minimum, assign attribute for merchant id to each product
> systemwide.

Is this an individual merchant id that I assign; e.g., 'boud' for a
company called 'Boudicca'?
Where then I would have an item in my products.asc file called boud-XXX?

>  In the report, trigger code to iterate the cart and
> write to database:
> 
>   for (@{$Vend::Items}) {
>     stuff orders, order_items # whatever schema
>     $MERCHANTS_IN_THIS_ORDER{$item->{merchant}}; # unique list
>   }
>   for (keys $MERCHANTS_IN_THIS_ORDER) {
>     %o=SELECT * FROM orders WHERE order_number=$this_order_number;
>     %v=SELECT * FROM order_items WHERE order_number=$this_order_number
>       AND merchant_id=$this_merchant_id;
>     &post_advice($this_merchant,\%o,%v); # might be email, db, whatever
>   }

Would this take place in Order.pm?

Thanks for your help,
Murrah Boswell

> 
> &do_my_behind_the_scene_stuff # can be entirely separate outside mv
> 
> cfm
> 


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