Re: Passing discounted total along (answering my question myself)

[dallas <dallas@newdream.net>]

 had this to say...

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>> dallas had this to say...
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>> I never figured out how to pass the discount through to the end of the 
>order 
>> process, but I got things to work with Cybercash by adding my discount 
tags 
>> into the checkout profile in the checkout.html page.
>> 
>> It works now, but I think it's quite strange that I have to put the same 
>> exact code in 5 places.  I could just include an external file I suppose, 
>but 
>> couldn't there just be an option to the discount tag to specify if the 
>> discount is global or just local?
>> 
>
>The discount will stick for each individual user unless it is reset
>somewhere. I know this for a fact, because I maintain several sites that
>rely on it. If it is resetting, the only thing I can think is that you
>have a [discount ENTIRE_ORDER][/discount] leaking in somewhere.
>


All my discounts are ENTIRE ORDER discounts!

I wasn't aware that would cause a problem.
The ENTIRE ORDER discount is exactly what I want to do.  How else would I do 
that?

I want to just discount the entire order by a given amount based on how many 
items are purchased.


    Dallas