Re: [mv] SQL backed site exclusively??

[Pugdog <pugdog@ibm.net>]

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At 01:51 PM 2/27/00 , you wrote:
>******    message to minivend-users from Mark Stosberg 
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>Hello Robert, I think I remember you from a Links SQL Bulletin Board.

Yep.... I'm sort of supporting as many people as I can there, so Alex can
keep working on the next release :)   Once Links went SQL...everything on
the site is following :)   That's why I need to get this working, and I 
need to
get it working in SQL mode.

Thanks those insights.  I've been struggling with MV4 (If you check the 
messages
from the past few days) and I hit the same problem with the new release.

Lets go back one more step.

What exactly needs to be defined in the catalog.cfg to run a "database"

 >> Database arbitrary arbitrary.asc dbi:mSQL:minivend:localhost:1114

I gather this makes a "Database" (table) from the fields delimited in the
arbitrary.asc file that is in the products directory?

This will then create a "table" in the MySQL database and store the definition
in the mysql subdirectory.  It will also drop all existing tables, so you only
want to do this initially ....  not after data has been added.

So, could I ask one more favor?  Could you show me what a totally stripped
out catalog.cfg would be to run the "simple" catalog in 3.14-5 ?   Just with
MySQL support, but none of the payment options, etc.  I'd rather figure out
how to add those back in from the default configurations once I figure out
what is needed to get the catalog running.

I know I can't be the only who is aimed at MiniVend because of the MySQL
support, and is really confused trying to figure out how to build a catalog!

Which database/variable/etc options are needed to _just_ get the catalog
display portion to run?  To be able to browse, search, and select items.

There's a lot of other stuff in the config file for payment systems, etc, that
should be taken out of the 'default' configuration, and put into a 
"cybercash.cfg"
configuration to be added in if the site needs it, for example.   The core 
feature
is the catalog!  Everyone needs _that_ portion.

Once the catalog is built, and I can start adding in entries, and make sure
all the fields in the tables work, and such, then I can start to look at how to
accept MC/Visa payments, etc.  But, first and foremost, for most people,
just getting it working and customized to their products is the first -- 
major --
step.  Even if on-line payments and transactions are not enabled, the catalog
is the main point... and email orders and phone orders can still be taken.

Without getting the "catalog" portion working, it doesn't matter how well the
other parts work :)  This is what I mean by starting at the beginning not the
middle.   The "basic" demo is too basic....  it doesn't explain the features of
getting an advanced catalog working.  "simple" is too complex, with all the
payment options that require configuration as well.    There needs to be some
middle ground  :)

Thanks,

Robert S. Pataki, MD
President, PUGDOG Enterprises, Inc.
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