Re: shipping.asc - criterion with multiple values

[Mike Heins <mike@minivend.com>]

Quoting Gaelyne Gasson (gaelyne@videocam.net.au):
> G'day,
> 
> In a message I found in the archives, Mike wrote that the "criteria"
> field in the shipping file can hold more than just a field name, and
> the docs show that you can use more than one type of criteria - for
> example the sample in the docs uses:
> 
>  upsg   UPS Ground   weight [value state]   0     0     e No items selected
>  upsg   UPS Ground   AK HI                  0     150   u Ground [value zip] 12.00
>  upsg   UPS Ground                          0     150   u Ground [value zip] 3.00  
> 
> 
> I have weight and subtotal as two that need to work together but I
> need for the subtotal to be able to use a min/max range as well as the 
> weight.  
> 
> The logic of it is:  
> 
> If the weight is between 1 and 500, and the subtotal is from 100 to 
> 199, the formula to use is 15.00 + 1.00.  
> 
> At present, I have need for three of these sets for the subtotal
> (100-199, 200-299, 300-399). I have far more weights to cope with in
> the shipping.asc file than subtotal variations.  

You can't use two *values*, except...this might be a good illustration
of chained shipping modes which exists but has never been documented.

by_weight	Shipping	weight	1	10	m "[set base]10[/set]" >>by_sub
by_weight	Shipping	placeh	10	20	m "[set base]20[/set]" >>by_sub
by_weight	Shipping	placeh	20	9999	m "[set base]30[/set]" >>by_sub

by_sub	Shipping	[subtotal noformat=1]	1	100	f [scratch base]
by_sub	Shipping	placeholder_it_is	100	1000	f [scratch base] - 5
by_sub	Shipping	placeholder_it_is	1000	10000	f [scratch base] - 10

(placeholder is just an illustration that criteria doesn't matter here.)

When the chained shipping mode >>by_sub is returned, the base cost is
adjusted based on subtotal, with larger orders getting reduced shipping 
cost.

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