Re: [mv] Defining Database Fields

[jojo@buchonline.net]

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On  6 Mar, John Carroll wrote:
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> For the past couple of months I've been playing with MiniVend 3.14, and
> slowly have made some progress getting pages to look the way I want, by
> modifying the "simple" store.  The various functions -- browse, search,
> etc. work as expected.  But now I've hit a brick wall.  The problem is
> that I want different database fields than the default ones that come with
> the "simple" store in "products.asc".  For example, I'd prefer to use
> "designer" instead of "artist," and will no doubt need to make other
> changes.  I tried just changing the fields and that didn't work.  My
> reading of the documentation leads me to believe that I can define a field
> with a new directive, but despite going through the minivend.html document
> several times it's not clear to me what such a directive would look like
> or where I should put it.  Obviously the various fields are defined
> somewhere besides in products.asc, but I haven't found where.  If someone
> could point me in the right direction it would be a big help.
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> John Carroll 

Quick answer:

First: Any change in your products.asc require a restart of minivend
server (catalog).
Second: Check all MV-Tags in your page and change your codes. Search
for "artist" and rename this to "designer".

Regards,

	Joachim

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