Re: emptying shopping carts and orders folder

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2004


It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 60542
interpreted = N
texte = Hi Donovan How would I do this?, what happens if 2 people come to the site with the same cart number? the useful part of google is that is takes the customer to the right page, drawback is the cart, i do not really want to put the custoemr back to the homw page as then they have to look for the product which is easy enough but annoying when you had the item on the previous page Thanks Paul ----- Original Message ----- From: "Donovan Brooke" To: "WebDNA Talk" Sent: Monday, December 20, 2004 8:17 PM Subject: Re: emptying shopping carts and orders folder > Paul, > the best way to protect against this is to record purchased carts in a > database and then to check against this database on every page. If a > cart number has been purchased, simply redirect to the home page with > no cart number or a new one. > > As for emptying shoppingcarts and orders folders.. yea, this should > be done. I would do it by date instead of emptying them all every hour. > This is because you don't want to empty a cart that is currently being > used. > > How old the orderfile needs to be before it is deleted is up to you but > I'd keep at least yesterdays cart just for the record... even if you > never access it other than email. This is because, it could be just another > backup of order record in the case that there is loss of orders. > > IMHO, > Donovan > > > > > > Paul Berman wrote: > > > Hi > > > > Is there an easy way of emptying the orders folder and the shopping carts > > folder every hour using a trigger > > > > Google indexd our site but followed all the links so now the searches have a > > cart number there already so once one person buys the site is dead until we > > delete the order and the cart > > > > The system emails the details to us so there is no need to keep it anyway > > > > Any help appreciated for this nightmare > > > > Thanks > > paul > > > -- > =o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o > DONOVAN D. BROOKE Eucalyptus Design > <-Web Development (specializing in eCommerce), -> > <- Graphic Design, Custom Tags and Labels -> > > ADDRESS:> Donovan Brooke > DBA Eucalyptus Design > N2862 Summerville Park Rd. > Lodi, WI 53555 > PH:> 1.608.592.3567 > Web:> http://www.euca.us > =o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > the mailing list . > To unsubscribe, E-mail to: > To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to > Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/ > ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/ Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

    
  1. Re: emptying shopping carts and orders folder ( Donovan Brooke 2004)
  2. Re: emptying shopping carts and orders folder ( "Paul Berman" 2004)
  3. Re: emptying shopping carts and orders folder ( Donovan Brooke 2004)
  4. Re: emptying shopping carts and orders folder ( "Paul Berman" 2004)
  5. Re: emptying shopping carts and orders folder ( John Peacock 2004)
  6. Re: emptying shopping carts and orders folder ( "Paul Berman" 2004)
  7. Re: emptying shopping carts and orders folder ( Donovan Brooke 2004)
  8. Re: emptying shopping carts and orders folder ( "Paul Berman" 2004)
Hi Donovan How would I do this?, what happens if 2 people come to the site with the same cart number? the useful part of google is that is takes the customer to the right page, drawback is the cart, i do not really want to put the custoemr back to the homw page as then they have to look for the product which is easy enough but annoying when you had the item on the previous page Thanks Paul ----- Original Message ----- From: "Donovan Brooke" To: "WebDNA Talk" Sent: Monday, December 20, 2004 8:17 PM Subject: Re: emptying shopping carts and orders folder > Paul, > the best way to protect against this is to record purchased carts in a > database and then to check against this database on every page. If a > cart number has been purchased, simply redirect to the home page with > no cart number or a new one. > > As for emptying shoppingcarts and orders folders.. yea, this should > be done. I would do it by date instead of emptying them all every hour. > This is because you don't want to empty a cart that is currently being > used. > > How old the orderfile needs to be before it is deleted is up to you but > I'd keep at least yesterdays cart just for the record... even if you > never access it other than email. This is because, it could be just another > backup of order record in the case that there is loss of orders. > > IMHO, > Donovan > > > > > > Paul Berman wrote: > > > Hi > > > > Is there an easy way of emptying the orders folder and the shopping carts > > folder every hour using a trigger > > > > Google indexd our site but followed all the links so now the searches have a > > cart number there already so once one person buys the site is dead until we > > delete the order and the cart > > > > The system emails the details to us so there is no need to keep it anyway > > > > Any help appreciated for this nightmare > > > > Thanks > > paul > > > -- > =o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o > DONOVAN D. BROOKE Eucalyptus Design > <-Web Development (specializing in eCommerce), -> > <- Graphic Design, Custom Tags and Labels -> > > ADDRESS:> Donovan Brooke > DBA Eucalyptus Design > N2862 Summerville Park Rd. > Lodi, WI 53555 > PH:> 1.608.592.3567 > Web:> http://www.euca.us > =o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > the mailing list . > To unsubscribe, E-mail to: > To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to > Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/ > ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/ "Paul Berman"

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