[ic] shipmode validation

[Carl Bailey]

On Tue, 2 Dec 2008, Adam Lambert wrote:

>   I am trying to figure out how to get some code to do the following
> two tasks.
>
> 1.  In confirm.html - I want to validate that shipmode is valid for  
> the
> country code of the ship to address.
> 2.  If shipmode not valid, kick them back to checkout.html to have the
> shipmode reset/recalculated.
>
>   If anyone has some pointers for me on how to accomplish this, it
> would be greatly appreciated.


You might be able to make use of the "possible" parameter on the  
[shipping] tag.  This returns a list of possible shipping modes for  
the current country/state settings as a space-delimited string.  Then  
just check to see if the currently selected mode is contained in the  
list of what's possible.

[perl]

     # get a list of possible modes
     my $possible = $Tag->shipping({ possible => 1, });

    # see if current mode is possible
     if (  $possible !~ /\b$Values->{mv_shipmode}\b/i  ) {
           # bomb out !!!!
           $Scratch->{error_message} .= qq( Ship mode $Values- 
 >{mv_shipmode} is not valid for $Values->{state}, $Values- 
 >{country}. );
           return q{ [bounce checkout] );
     }

     return;

[/perl]

That said, you should seek to incorporate this kind of logic into a  
form profile that gets checked when checkout.html is submitted, rather  
than incorporating it into the confirm page.

Regards,
Carl
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Carl Bailey
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carl at endpoint.com
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