I'm stuck on an OSCommerce coding problem.

Thanks RichB, I will work on that tonight and continue tomorrow if needed. I think I can get it with that info. I owe ya one.

No problem. Let me know if you want the whole modified file.

Thanks for the offer RichB. Let me try to get it like you posted it first. I learn better that way. If I can't I'll ask. I'm running out of time on this. I'll update you all soon. Thanks.

RichB - just wanted to update you and let you know it worked perfectly, and the results were exactly what I wanted. Thank you. I am in your debt.

Count on the fact that I'll study what you did to understand it.

You're welcome. I've been meaning to look into online commerce applications, and this encouraged me to download and start examining one in some detail. I find it much easier to learn when I have a specific problem to solve rather than just aimlessly poking around.

Yep - Right there with ya on that one. You hit that one right on the head.

After I speant close to 50 hours researching, testing and experimenting with multiple ASP carts that never worked right (only 30 hours of which I'm getting paid for since I'm a subcontractor on this one and that was the agreed upon number), and then getting everything together with OSCommerce, bugging you guys and wasting your time --- I get an email from the client today asking if there's a way to do it so the customer doesn't have to set up an account or log in! *lol Then he tells me what he really wants.

To make a long story short he doesn't need a cart, he needs a form!


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The redeeming part is I still get paid in spite of his non-ability to communicate what he wants, I learned some great code stuff here and elsewhere from all this, I know to skip asp carts in the future, and I should be getting another contract job out of the deal. Overall I did OK.

well if you need inventory the cart will still work and may just be easier. I am not sure if there is a way to turn off logging in, but I'd imagine there should be.

Bummer regardless, but kudos to the wasted money on you! (you benefited by learning and getting the dough for it! whoo! my kinda job... )

Yep! I'll take it. But no sense in pursuing server-side programming further. (He only has 4 items that can be handled with a form - not worth the effort anymore) A simple form will do what he wants, and the kicker is I could have done it in about 3 hours if he'd have told me that 3 or 4 weeks ago.