Re: [mv] SHipping to AK and HI - a new can of worms

[Eric Paul <epaul@spellbook.net>]

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Here's what I do for my customer.  They have fixed shipping costs based on 
weight, and a $10 surcharge for AK and HI.  Here's a snippit from my 
shipping.asc file.  I'm sure you can modify this for your purposes.

code    description     criteria        min     max     formula
fedex3  Fedex 3-day     weight [value state]    0       0       0
fedex3  Fedex 3-day     AK HI   0       0       0
fedex3  Fedex 3-day     AK HI   0.25    1       5
fedex3  Fedex 3-day     AK HI   1       4       15
fedex3  Fedex 3-day     AK HI   5       14      18
fedex3  Fedex 3-day     AK HI   15      20      23.5
fedex3  Fedex 3-day             0       0       0
fedex3  Fedex 3-day             0.25    4       5
fedex3  Fedex 3-day             5       14      8
fedex3  Fedex 3-day             15      20      13.5
fedex3  Fedex 3-day             21      999999  e Order is too heavy


At 02:01 PM 1/18/00 , you wrote:
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>Just when I thought I was done - when I was actually in the process of
>shifting from the test to the live url - I remembered to check shipping to
>Alaska and Hawaii.
>
>Drat.
>
>Here's what I want to happen: If the state is Alaska or Hawaii, lookup
>cost in UPS 2 Day Air table - else, use UPS Ground table. Sounds easy, no?
>
>Having been here before, I did try a few things, including a search of the
>mailing list archive. It contained this helpful code fragment from mike:
>
>
>[if base=value name=state expr=" =~ /ak|hi/i"]
>[then]
>[set shipmode]callus[/set]
>[/then]
>[else]
>[set shipmode]upsg[/set]
>[/else]
>[/if]
>
>Which looked like it would do the trick, but on my page (based on the 3.11
>ord/checkout) never worked, i.e. [value shipmode] always returned
>empty. Since the above fragment was listed as a possibility for the
>upcoming MV 3.0, i thought the syntax may have changed, and indeed, I
>cannot find "base=" or "expr=" anywhere in the current docs for the [IF]
>statement - but this bit of code came with the page, and works:
>
>[if base=data
>         term="country::shipmodes::[default country US]"
>         op="=~" comp="[default mv_shipmode upsg]"]
>[then]
>
>So "base=data" means *something*, but I can't find out what. Anyone
>know? Anyone know  where I should be looking? Is there a straightforward
>way to do this?
>
>Thanks,
>
>Pat
>
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