[ic] RE: Limiting access to item by user

[Scott Andreas---Learning Services, Inc]

IC foundation has a pre-built function in that it looks at the user data and
if that user gets wholesale, retail, or...

Look at the userdb as this would point you into the right direction for this
type of implementation

scott

-----Original Message-----
From: interchange-users-admin@interchange.redhat.com
[mailto:interchange-users-admin@interchange.redhat.com]On Behalf Of
Collin Condray
Sent: Thursday, December 27, 2001 11:55 AM
To: interchange-users@interchange.redhat.com
Subject: [ic] RE: Limiting access to item by user


 > I have a problem that I hope that Interchange can solve.  We have a
 > client that has two different sets of items to sell on their website.
 > One set of items is retail items for the public, anyone can
 > order from
 > this set of items.  The other is a wholesale list of items
 > that can only
 > be accessed by our client's few dozen or so wholesellers.  Our client
 > needs to be able to limit who can see an item in the
 > wholesale list by
 > wholeseller so one wholeseller cannot see what another wholeseller is
 > able to buy.
 >
 > I've seen a couple of references to wholesale items in the
 > documentation
 > but they seem to be geared only to lowering the price
 > depending on how
 > many items you buy.  I've also read about how to limit access certain
 > files but I don't see how to translate that into limiting
 > access to items.
 >
 > Is there anything built into Interchange that I am missing
 > that allows
 > me to do this?  If not, does anyone have any suggestions on
 > approaching
 > this problem?
 >
 > To let you know my technical background and experience with
 > Interchange.
 > I have set up 2 or 3 working Interchange stores for other
 > clients by
 > modifying the default store and have made a few minor
 > customizations .
 > however, I am not an Interchange expert by any means.  I am a fairly
 > good Perl programmer though.
 >
 > Please let me know if I can provide any more information about my
 > problem.  Any help would be appreciated.  Thanks in advance!
 >
 > --
 > Collin Condray


 > See "affiliates".  Should be fun.

 > Dan Browning
 > Sr. Tech Consultant
 > Kavod Technologies
 > <dan.browning@kavod.com>


Thank you for the response.  If I understand how affiliates work, it
allows you to place a link on another web site that connects directly to
a product page on your site. The product page can be customized
specifically for visitors from that affiliate.

I don't think this is the feature I'm looking for, however.  In this
case, our client's wholesellers don't have or want their own individual
sites.  Our client wants to sell certain items to their wholesellers but
each wholeseller will have their own set of items.  The wholeseller
should be able to see only their own items and no others.  From the
description of affiliates, it looks like anyone would be able to view
any item no matter what.

Also we don't need a customized page specifically for each wholeseller.
  They should look the same no matter the wholeseller.

Any other ideas about how to approach this problem would be appreciated.

Thanks!

--
Collin Condray

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