[ic] matrix options problems
Mike Heins
interchange-users@icdevgroup.org
Mon May 5 18:19:01 2003
Quoting Jim Boyer (boyerj@wsu.edu):
> > Message: 25
> > Date: Fri, 2 May 2003 11:54:09 -0400
> > From: Mike Heins <mike@perusion.com>
> > To: interchange-users@icdevgroup.org
> > Subject: Re: [ic] matrix options problems
> > Reply-To: interchange-users@icdevgroup.org
>
>
> > Quoting Jim Boyer (boyerj@wsu.edu):
> > > >Quoting Jim Boyer (boyerj@wsu.edu):
> > > >> I am trying to get matrix options working with sku's in the products
> > > >> database. I have read and read and tried many different
> variations, but
> > > >> nothing seems to work. Here is my last attempt in modifying the
> options
> > > >> table. I turned the table sideways to fit in the email. The first
> > part is
> > > >> the IC setup that works with it's own code. The second I change the
> > code
> > > >> field to point to a sku in the products table. The first one works
> > fine,
> > > >> but when I change the codes I do not get a select list. These are
> > the only
> > > >> fields that are not empty in the options table.
> > > >>
> > > >> I have read that people have got this working, but I am sure missing
> > > >> something here. I am running with RH 7.3, MySQL 3.23.54, IC
> 4.9.7, perl
> > > >> 5.6.1 .
> > > >
> > > >
>
> >
> > You can't just create arbitrary part numbers with that option type
> > unless you get it precisely right and you make sure you set the
> > display_type field in options to "one".
> >
> >
> > Can you look at the os28066 example in foundation/products/variants.txt and
> > foundation/products/options.txt and emulate that?
> >
>
> The difference between the example os28066 in the demo store and what
> I am trying to do is the demo store does not reference back to
> individual items in the products table. For example, there is not a
> sku in the products table for the wood handle versus the ebony handle.
> My requirement is that different sizes of shirts will all have
> different and actual real sku's in the product table.
>
> I guess I need to somehow figure out how to translate the variant
> value to a real sku in the product table.
That is the whole point of the "variants" table. It *is* a product
table -- a separate table where individual variants of one base
product that is in the products table are located.
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Mike Heins
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