[ic] Fixed Pricing

[Leon Harris]

Hi Jim. Thanks for your reply. I appreciate you help so far.

Does anyone know how I can create a flat.dbm file in ./dbconf/default_db/flat.dbm. I
am non-us, so the prefixes of postcodes are irrelevant to us here.  Is there a
clearer and more reasonable description of how shipping is set than in the
icdatabases documentation? I just can't get anywhere with this.

Cheers,
Leon

btw ic 4.7.7 immunix 7.0 perl 5.6.1 using mysql on a separate box via a stunnel
encrypted tunnel.




Jim Balcom wrote:

> On Wed, 29 Aug 2001, Leon Harris wrote:
>
> LH>>Jim, I thought this would just return the value of the variable SHIP_FLAT_RATE
> LH>>without having to lookup any further table. I looked at your email, from Jun
> LH>>28, but it seems to be trying to do a lot more than what I want to - I just
> LH>>want one shipping price.
>
> I can understand that. But there are other steps that I detailed there
> beyond changing shipping.asc
>
> LH>>Should there be a shipping.gdbm file in the products directory? - I am missing
> LH>>one - I only have a shipping.asc file ?
>
> No, you don't need a shipping.gdbm file (or, at least I don't have one)
> But, I suspect you need a gdbm file for your flat rate file.
>
> Or, perhaps this works and is easier::::
>
> (This is an excerpt from my shipping.asc:
>
> uspsexp Express Mail    weight  0       0       e Nothing to ship!
> uspsexp Express Mail    weight  0       0.5     12.45           {}
> uspsexp Express Mail    weight  0.5     2       16.25           {}
> uspsexp Express Mail    weight  2       3       19.15           {}
> uspsexp Express Mail    weight  3       4       22.05           {}
> ................ etc.
>
> I suspect that if I change the 0.5 in this second line to something
> like 1000 that 12.45 would be applied to everything.
>
> So: I am suggesting that in shipping.asc that you put:
>
> flatrate Flat Rate    weight  0       0       e Nothing to ship!
> flatrate Flat Rate    weight  0       1000     12.45           {}
>
> (Make sure that tabs separate those fields!)
>
> In country.txt put something like:
>
> TZ      TZ      flatrate   Tanzania
> UA      UA      flatrate   Ukraine
>
> I recommend going into the admin interface and click on the 'apply
> changes' option, and also restart the IC server.
>
> -= Jim =-
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