[ic] matrix options problems

[Kerry Blalock]

>  > Message: 25
>  > Date: Fri, 2 May 2003 11:54:09 -0400
>  > From: Mike Heins <mike@perusion.com>
>  > To: interchange-users@icdevgroup.org
>  > Subject: Re: [ic] matrix options problems
>  > Reply-To: interchange-users@icdevgroup.org
>
>
>  > Quoting Jim Boyer (boyerj@wsu.edu):
>  >  >  >Quoting Jim Boyer (boyerj@wsu.edu):
>  >  >  >> I am trying to get matrix options working with sku's in the
> products database.  I have read and read and tried many
> different
> variations, but
>  >  >  >> nothing seems to work.  Here is my last attempt in modifying
> the
> options
>  >  >  >> table.  I turned the table sideways to fit in the email.  The
> first
>  > part is
>  >  >  >> the IC setup that works with it's own code.  The second I
> change the
>  > code
>  >  >  >> field to point to a sku in the products table.  The first one
> works
>  > fine,
>  >  >  >> but when I change the codes I do not get a select list.  These
> are
>  > the only
>  >  >  >> fields that are not empty in the options table.
>  >  >  >>
>  >  >  >> I have read that people have got this working, but I am sure
> missing something here.  I am running with RH 7.3, MySQL
> 3.23.54, IC
> 4.9.7, perl
>  >  >  >> 5.6.1 .
>  >  >  >
>  >  >  >
>
>  >
>  > You can't just create arbitrary part numbers with that option type
> unless you get it precisely right and you make sure you set the
> display_type field in options to "one".
>  >
>  >
>  > Can you look at the os28066 example in
> foundation/products/variants.txt and foundation/products/options.txt
> and emulate that?
>  >
>
> The difference between the example os28066 in the demo store and what I
> am  trying to
> do is the demo store does not reference back to individual items in the
> products table.  For example, there is not a sku in the products table
> for  the wood
> handle versus the ebony handle.  My requirement is that different sizes
> of  shirts will
> all have different and actual real sku's in the product table.
>
> I guess I need to somehow figure out how to translate the variant value
> to  a real
> sku in the product table.
>
> I hope this makes sense.
If you get this working, please, please let me know how. I have tried to
get simular select options to work without success. I have RH 8.0, and
interchange 4.8.7, using default database.
> ---------------------------------------------------------------
> Jim Boyer
> Systems Programmer
> Information Dept
> College of Agriculture and Home Economics
> Washington State University
>
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