[ic] Changing Global Catalog Variables Dynamically

[Shawn Mathews]

Ok,

I looked at everything in interchange and decided it would be pretty stupid
to mess around with the MV_PAYMENT_MODE variable and decided to write a
usertag to determine with payment method should be passed to the charge tag
in log_transaction.

I set MV_PAYMENT_MODE to dummy so log_transaction would catch it.

Shawn Mathews

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From: interchange-users-admin@icdevgroup.org
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Mathews
Sent: Monday, December 23, 2002 2:58 PM
To: Interchange Users
Subject: [ic] Changing Global Catalog Variables Dynamically


I have a client who wants to send transactions thru different gateways
depending on the type of card used and the credit limit associated with that
gateway.

I think to do this I need to change the value of MV_PAYMENT_MODE when the
transaction is being processed.

I figure to do it I would need to use:  $Global::Variable->{$key} or
something of the sort in a [perl][/perl] block.

Now, I may have hit the crack pipe once or twice this morning, so I want to
ask a few simple questions before I do something like this.....

#1) Am I crazy? Is this a really,really,really, dumb thing to do?
#2) Would it affect other transactions that were being processed?
#3) Would it be a better idea to put checks in Vend::Payment or write a
wrapper Payment module that sent the info off to the appropriate place?


Thanks,
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Shawn Mathews
ICQ#: 157740601
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