[ic] Shipping to different zip code

[Mike Heins]

Quoting Russell Mann (tech@khouse.org):
> Hello,
> 
> I'm using IC 4.8.3 and the default user database setup is klunky in regards
> to the shipping and billing address.  The billing address should be the
> primary information entered, and shipping information should only be entered
> if it is separate.

You make this statement without showing any evidence as to why anyone
should agree with you.

> In any case, I fixed the problem by eliminating the
> shipping address from the userdb, and selecting a shipping address for the
> entire order based on entries in the "ship_addresses" data table.
> 
> The problem comes in calculating shipping costs.  If the shipping and
> billing addresses are the same, no problem.  If the shipping address is
> different, I need to be able to calculate shipping based on a different
> address.  How can this be done?

You will have to figure that out, since you chose to use a different
paradigm. You should probably change your shipping calculation code to
account for this.

Not having to deal with this is just one of the advantages of having a
the main address be the shipping address.

-- 
Mike Heins
Perusion -- Expert Interchange Consulting    http://www.perusion.com/
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