Re: [mv] 4.03 How to add user defined format check routines?

["Ton Verhagen" <ton@verhagen.net>]

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Thanks Mike!!

Now i remember again. I tossed all 3.xx from my server and when
grepping the docs and sources I didn't find anything usefull.

Again thanks a million for your answer and the really magnificent
MV.

Ton


>I put this in back in 3.xx, and it still applies:
>
>    * Added order profile checks for "state", "province",
>      "province_or_state", "postcode", "ca_postcode", and "zip".
Sorry,
>      only US/Canada supported, but you can add a check yourself
>      in a GlobalSub:
>
>GlobalSub <<EOF
>sub set_up_extra_check {
>    BEGIN {
>        package Vend::Order;
>        sub _pt_postcode {
>            # $ref is to Vend::Session->{'values'} hash
>            # $var is the passed name of the variable
>            # $val is current value of checked variable
>            my($ref, $var, $val) = @_;
>
>            if ($ref->{country} =~ /^(PT|portugal)$/i) {
>                return $val =~ /^\d\d\d\d$/ ?  1 : 0;
>            }
>            else {
>                return 1;
>            }
>        }
>    }
>}
>EOF
>
>      Now you can specify in an order profile:
>
>          postcode=pt_postcode
>
>      There must be an underscore preceding the routine name in
this
>      case. Very elaborate checks are possible, of course. If
some user
>      takes on the polyglot it would be appreciated if they
contribute
>      the routines.
>
>      To you MiniVend hackers out there, this is a general
technicque you can
>      use to override MV subroutines. For the most part, I try
to keep the
>      same call interface, and this should make updates *much*
easier.
>
>
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