Re: [mv] Adding with blank Quantity - MV404a

[cfm@maine.com]

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On Tue, Aug 15, 2000 at 10:30:04AM -0400, Eric Paul wrote:
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> I have a client who runs a wholesale business.  Most of his retailers will 
> be placing orders for large amounts of product.  He feels that his 
> retailers will be confused and might check out with only qty 1 of a product 
> if it adds to the cart this way.  He would like the "add to cart" button to 
> add the item with a blank quantity and then the customer will be forced to 
> enter how many they want.  I think this is kinda backwards, but hey, he 
> pays my bill so I give him what he wants.  Problem is, I don't know how I 
> can add a blank quantity to the cart, everything I've tried either removes 
> the item or kills the quantity for all cart items.  Any ideas?


How about not adding it to the cart, but jumping to an intermediary
page set up the way he wants?  THAT page adds it to cart.

flypage [process] (but not order)
pre_basket [order]
basket

Or he might say: I want ten items in the cart **before** I figure
out how many of each to order.  You'd have to build a shadow cart
and iterate that.

<INPUT NAME="my_cart" VALUE=item1>
<INPUT NAME="my_cart" VALUE=item2>
<INPUT NAME="my_cart" VALUE=item3>
<INPUT NAME="my_cart" VALUE=item4>

flypage [process]
pre_cart
back to flypage/categories, etc....

when checkout
pre_basket -> basket places order for multiple items with stacked mv_order_item
and mv_order_quantity.

I think the latter approach would be more robust.

cfm

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