Re: WebMerchant Error
This WebDNA talk-list message is from 1998
It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 17675
interpreted = N
texte = At 11:54 AM -0800 5/14/98, Kenneth Grome is rumored to have typed:> >Can WebMerchant be modified so that it strips out illegal characters?>> Since WebMerchant is supposed to be given the correct data to begin with,>the stripping of illegal characters can and should be done by the software>that hands WebMerchant its data, not by WebMerchant itself ...In theory, yes. But in theory, Communism works (to quote the Simpsons).I'm just asking for a convenient, last minute catch in case one of the manycurrent or future WebCat users doesn't realize that they have to wrap everyheader in a [CONVERTCHARS] to make sure the order goes through. It seemslike a barricade for a product that claims that you can have a workingstore within minutes of installation.> >Perhaps it can replace them with legal characters (' for , a space for> >line feed, etc). It already replaces non-5 or 9 digit ZIPs...>> I don't think it really replaces 9 digit zips, I think it simply ignores>everything after the fifth character. That's a lot different than>replacing one character with another ... :)I get the following message in my WebMerchant window when it comes across abad ZIP code:Zip code is not 5, 6 or 9 characters. Changed to 00000 to force addressverification.To me, this means that WM is passing along different information thanwhat's in the cart. Perhaps I'm wrong. Perhaps I don't understand theerror message.MichaelMichael Winston *By e-mail!: michaelw@dhorse.comInternet Coordinator *By web!: http://www.dhorse.com/Dark Horse Comics, Inc. *By fax!: 503/654/9440
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At 11:54 AM -0800 5/14/98, Kenneth Grome is rumored to have typed:> >Can WebMerchant be modified so that it strips out illegal characters?>> Since WebMerchant is supposed to be given the correct data to begin with,>the stripping of illegal characters can and should be done by the software>that hands WebMerchant its data, not by WebMerchant itself ...In theory, yes. But in theory, Communism works (to quote the Simpsons).I'm just asking for a convenient, last minute catch in case one of the manycurrent or future WebCat users doesn't realize that they have to wrap everyheader in a
[convertchars] to make sure the order goes through. It seemslike a barricade for a product that claims that you can have a workingstore within minutes of installation.> >Perhaps it can replace them with legal characters (' for , a space for> >line feed, etc). It already replaces non-5 or 9 digit ZIPs...>> I don't think it really replaces 9 digit zips, I think it simply ignores>everything after the fifth character. That's a lot different than>replacing one character with another ... :)I get the following message in my WebMerchant window when it comes across abad ZIP code:Zip code is not 5, 6 or 9 characters. Changed to 00000 to force addressverification.To me, this means that WM is passing along different information thanwhat's in the cart. Perhaps I'm wrong. Perhaps I don't understand theerror message.MichaelMichael Winston *By e-mail!: michaelw@dhorse.comInternet Coordinator *By web!: http://www.dhorse.com/Dark Horse Comics, Inc. *By fax!: 503/654/9440
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