commerceserver2007

What features Microsoft Commerce Server 2007 DOESN'T have?

I'm trying to study what features can give Microsoft Commerce Server 2007 and I need to know what features doesn't have respect to other e-commerce systems. ...

Commerce Server: Custom counters file view is out of memory.

Commerce Server seems to be adding a ton of counters for each catalog/site, and we are currently pushing 45 of them. I tried upping the size in the machine.config which helps, but not enough. Does anyone know how to programmatically clear out the commerce server counters? baring that, disable them? ...

Make coupon entry in commerce server required before a discount is applied, possible?

I have created a discount in commerce server, and linked it with a list of private coupons. The problem is that after running the basket pipline it applies this discount even though no coupon was ever entered. It seems to me me this should be the default behavior when you create a discount which contains a list of coupons. There does not...

How to make a discount apply to only one shipping method in Commerce Server 2007?

I searched and searched for an answer for this seemingly simple question in Commerce Server 2007, but have found nothing useful. This seems like something that should be possible. How to make a discount apply to only one shipping method in Commerce Server 2007? ...

Biztalk 2006r2 Commerce Server Adapter

I am trying to query Commerce Server 2007 using the Biztalk Adapter. I am using the OrdersAdapter and trying to query for all orders with a specific line item on them. The message xml is <CommerceServerOrdersQuery> <CLAUSE OPER="equal" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/CommerceServer/2004/02/Expressions"&gt; <PROPERTY ID="LineIte...

What is the preferred way of checking a list of products for discounts in Commerce Server?

I have a page that shows a list of Commerce Server products (sometimes dozens) that are in a given category. I need to make my page conditional so that it displays a different graphic next to the product thumbnail, that indicates which products within a given CS product list have discounts that apply. My question is what is the best way ...

Commerce Server 2007: A duplicate value for unique key member GeneralInfo.Username found while building indices for profile

I found a couple other postings discussing this error, but my situation is slightly different than the others I've seen First let's get the platform/settings out of the way: * CS 2007 SP2 * Windows 2008 Server Standard x64 SP1 * Using the user name field instead of the email field. Field type is nvarchar. * User name is trimmed before...

(Commerce Server) How to get the PageGroup[] without instancing a new MarketingContext object

If you take a look at Tom Schultz's Blog, you'll see that he says that if you instance your own Context objects (such as the CommerceContext object), an instance of the SiteConfigReadOnlyFreeThreaded class created in memory as well, and you can't do anything to destroy it. If you do this enough times, you'll eventually get warnings in y...

Find control inside footer of nested repeater? (.NET 2.0 , C#)

I'm getting null reference errors when looking for a quantity box control in the footer of a nested repeater. The error occurs when OnItemCommand function is executed (not when data is being bound to the repeater, which was an issue I encountered before but fixed). I'm a newbie, so I don't understand all of this, and I'm trying to work ...

Commerce Server development for an Asp.Net guy

Hello, I'm looking to get a rough overview of the development activities typically involved in creating a fairly large store with some external systems integration on MS Commerce Server and how it differs from standard asp.net development 1) Do you typically start from scratch or start from the "starter site" 2) Do you typically crea...

Parameterized Queries /Without/ using queries.

I've got a bit of a poor situation here. I'm stuck working with commerce server, which doesn't do a whole lot of sanitization/parameterization. I'm trying to build up my queries to prevent SQL Injection, however some things like the searches / where clause on the search object need to be built up, and there's no parameterized interface....

Should I consider alternatives to Commerce Server 2009?

I'm building a new site that will sell a few items. I'd like to get experience with a product that is used by other large corporations. I believe there are several sites based on CS2009/7 but before I start learning this one I think it may be better to ask what other options should I consider? ...

Can you change the location of the pipline log files in Commerce Server 2007?

By default Commerce Server's pipelines log to %WEBROOT%\pipelines\log, is there a configuration value that can change this location? ...

Saving an XSLT template in a Commerce Server 2009 Web Part

When editing a Commerce Server Product detail web part we are having a great deal of difficulty making changes to the XSLT template. These are not complex changes, just small minor changes. There is no problem with the template as I have tried it out on the w3schools XSLT editor and it works fine. I paste the template text in the dialog...