Re: [mv] MV4: Problem clearining credit_card_type

[David Babler <dbabler@rigel.orionsys.com>]

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On Tue, 23 May 2000 jojo@buchonline.net wrote:

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> On 22 May, Heinz Wittenbecher wrote:
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> > When paying by Credit Card and then making the next sale another type, i.e.
> > the Will Call in the simple demo,
> > the receipt shows Will Call (41**1111), (41**1111) being the value of
> > credit_card_type from the previous sale.
> > 
> > How can I unset this when the next sale is not a credit card type? ...
> 
> <TABLE><TR><TD VALIGN=TOP>
> Card Number <FONT SIZE=1>(test number 4111 1111 1111 1111)</FONT><BR>
> <INPUT TYPE=text NAME=mv_credit_card_number SIZE=19 VALUE="">
>                                                     ^^^^^^^^^

Thanks, Joachim. The original post wasn't from me, but I have reason to
follow up because the credit card track as illustrated in 'simple' doesn't
work properly, as Heinz reported and from what I've observed. Several
parts and pieces don't seem to know if the user changes CCs. This seems to
be mostly cosmetic, but if *I* was a customer using somebody's catalog and
it looked for all the world like the wrong card had beem charged, I'd be
REALLY interested.

What I've observed (and haven't started tracking down the source of the
problem yet) is that once a customer has a specific credit card type
recorded, some transactions use that type in preference to the actual CC
type used last. The customer receipt email and the receipt HTML page will
refer to the previous recorded type and will also show the credit card
type as "unknown". Also, for some reason, the receipts never show a valid
American Express CC number as 'amex', though the order does. At best, it
will show 'unknown' - at worst (e.g. the first time you switch from the
test Visa # to the Amex #) it will show the previous type.

-Dave

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