Trouble with formula.db

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1997


It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 10905
interpreted = N
texte = In the invoice.tmpl we have the customer enter all the billing and shipping address information. In the final_invoice.tmpl we display the relevant information, costs, etc. and have a purchase button for them to hit.However, I cannot get the shipCost value to calculate from the formula.db.I have placed the exact same formula (below) in the final_invoice.tmpl page (to see that it does work) that I have in the formula.db for shipCost.[hideif [totalWeight]>0.5][lookup db=country_cost_list.db&lookInField=country&value=[hideif [ShipToCountry]=Specify_Country][ShipToCountry][/hideif][showif [ShipToCountry]=Specify_Country][Country][/showif]&returnField=half_lb][/hi deif] [showif [totalWeight]>0.5][hideif [totalWeight]>5][lookup db=country_cost_list.db&lookInField=country&value=[hideif [ShipToCountry]=Specify_Country][ShipToCountry][/hideif][showif [ShipToCountry]=Specify_Country][Country][/showif]&returnField=[math]ceil([ totalWeight])[/math]][/hideif][showif [totalWeight]>5][math][lookup db=country_cost_list.db&lookInField=country&value=[hideif [ShipToCountry]=Specify_Country][ShipToCountry][/hideif][showif [ShipToCountry]=Specify_Country][Country][/showif]&returnField=5]+(ceil([to talWeight])-5)*[lookup db=country_cost_list.db&lookInField=country&value=[hideif [ShipToCountry]=Specify_Country][ShipToCountry][/hideif][showif [ShipToCountry]=Specify_Country][Country][/showif]&returnField=addl_lb][/ma th][/showif][/showif]If I place [shipCost] in the final_invoice.tmpl all I see is always zero. The above formula displays the proper costs in final_invoice.tmpl, but doesn't work in the formula.db, so what am I hung on?Curt ---------------------------------------------------------------------- | William Curt Eggemeyer Curt@mail.bzzzzzz.com | | BeeHive Technologies, Inc. | | http://www.bzzzzzz.com with a WebCam in Pasadena, California | ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

    
  1. Re: Progress !! WAS: Trouble with formula.db (Sven U. Grenander 1997)
  2. Re: Progress !! WAS: Trouble with formula.db (Grant Hulbert 1997)
  3. Progress !! WAS: Trouble with formula.db (Sven U. Grenander 1997)
  4. Re: Trouble with formula.db + more explanation (Grant Hulbert 1997)
  5. Re: Trouble with formula.db (Grant Hulbert 1997)
  6. Re: Trouble with formula.db + more explanation (w curt eggemeyer 1997)
  7. Re: Trouble with formula.db (Sven U. Grenander 1997)
  8. Re: Trouble with formula.db (Grant Hulbert 1997)
  9. Re: Trouble with formula.db (Sven U. Grenander 1997)
  10. Trouble with formula.db (w curt eggemeyer 1997)
In the invoice.tmpl we have the customer enter all the billing and shipping address information. In the final_invoice.tmpl we display the relevant information, costs, etc. and have a purchase button for them to hit.However, I cannot get the shipCost value to calculate from the formula.db.I have placed the exact same formula (below) in the final_invoice.tmpl page (to see that it does work) that I have in the formula.db for shipCost.[hideif [totalWeight]>0.5][lookup db=country_cost_list.db&lookInField=country&value=[hideif [ShipToCountry]=Specify_Country][ShipToCountry][/hideif][showif [ShipToCountry]=Specify_Country][Country][/showif]&returnField=half_lb][/hi deif] [showif [totalWeight]>0.5][hideif [totalWeight]>5][lookup db=country_cost_list.db&lookInField=country&value=[hideif [ShipToCountry]=Specify_Country][ShipToCountry][/hideif][showif [ShipToCountry]=Specify_Country][Country][/showif]&returnField=[math]ceil([ totalWeight])[/math]][/hideif][showif [totalWeight]>5][math][lookup db=country_cost_list.db&lookInField=country&value=[hideif [ShipToCountry]=Specify_Country][ShipToCountry][/hideif][showif [ShipToCountry]=Specify_Country][Country][/showif]&returnField=5]+(ceil([to talWeight])-5)*[lookup db=country_cost_list.db&lookInField=country&value=[hideif [ShipToCountry]=Specify_Country][ShipToCountry][/hideif][showif [ShipToCountry]=Specify_Country][Country][/showif]&returnField=addl_lb][/ma th][/showif][/showif]If I place [shipCost] in the final_invoice.tmpl all I see is always zero. The above formula displays the proper costs in final_invoice.tmpl, but doesn't work in the formula.db, so what am I hung on?Curt ---------------------------------------------------------------------- | William Curt Eggemeyer Curt@mail.bzzzzzz.com | | BeeHive Technologies, Inc. | | http://www.bzzzzzz.com with a WebCam in Pasadena, California | ---------------------------------------------------------------------- w curt eggemeyer

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