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Factoring product type assignments in OCaml

I'm generally unsatisfied with writing code like this: let load_record_field cursor gets geti gett a = function | 0x01 -> let c, s = gets () in (a.a_record_uuid <- s; `More_record c) | 0x02 -> let c, s = gets () in (a.a_group <- s; `More_record c) | 0x03 -> let c, s = gets () in (a.a_title <- s; `More_record c) | 0x04 -> let c, ...

Suitable 'business rules' tool / engine for my web application.

Hello. I am unsure if this question qualifies to be here but I cannot think of a better place to go. I am building a web application that has multiple alternative paths to most of the use cases. These paths I perceive as business rules. I would like to code my application first for main scenarios and then apply alternative scenarios as ...

Linking Simple product to their page listed under Grouped product in Magento

I want to add url for each simple product listed under Grouped product in Magento i have changed it with below code in app\design\frontend\blank\default\template\catalog\product\view\type\grouped.phtml but still not work for me it's link but with main group product (Example: Main Grouped product and three simple products Item1 Item2 Item...

Best practices to build a highly configurable software product.

Hello. I am working on a software product that can substantially change behavior based on the configuration & meta-data supplied. I would like to know best practices to architect / build a highly configurable software product. Considering that there are substantial number of configuration parameters, I'd like to look at something that w...

Magento Api and Downloadable Url

I need to know how to set the downloadable URL for a downloadable new product created using Magento API. Problem is find the appropriate array value for the downloadable URL. here is my code: $productData = array( 'name' => $stealth_item->Title, 'websites' => array(1), 'short_description' => ltrim( ereg_replace( "\...

How to get downloadable product links after successfull order

After a successfull order I would like to propose directly the downloadable URL for products buyer bought in the success.phtml file. I wrote this piece of code to know product's values of the latest order: // Get the latest Order ID $order = Mage::getModel('sales/order')->load(Mage::getSingleton('checkout/session')->getLastOrderId()); ...

product suggestion based on user data

I'm trying to add suggestions to product pages along the lines of : "Customers who purchased this item also purchased x and y". The way the data is compiled right now is a mysql table with 3 rows. PRODUCT | CUSTOMER |QUANTITY Product is the product ID. Customer is the customer ID. Quantity is the number of time that product was bou...

What is the difference between plug-in, feature and product in eclipse rcp

What are the difference, what get's used for which purpose? ...

e-commerce product data/metadata schemas

Trying to figure out how is product data/metadata schema designed. For example, how does an e-commerce site enter a product spec. Does it copy and paste from mfg spec sheet, enters it in their own fields or something else? Here is an example, looking at the D3000 Nikon DSLR Manufacturer: http://nikon.ca/en/Product.aspx?m=17300&amp;disp=...

Shopify: Replacing Product Radio Buttons With Dropdown Select

Hi, With Shopify I am trying to alter my product template to display a dropdown select list instead of radio buttons for my product variants. I managed to do this but when you try and add a product to the cart from the list it says, "No variant ID was passed." Here is the code for their radio buttons: <ul id="product-variants"> ...

select attribute mysql

I have there mysql table: **product (id,name)** 1 Samsung 2 Toshiba 3 Sony **attribute (id,name,parentid)** 1 Size 0 2 19" 1 3 17" 1 4 15" 1 5 Color 0 6 White 5 7 Black 5 8 Price 0 9 <$100 8 10 $100-$300 8 11 >$300 8 **attribute2product (id,productid,attributeid)** 1 1 2 2 1 6 3 2 2 4 2 7 5 3 3 6 3 7 7 1 9 8 2 9 9 3 10 And listed...

Functionality Workthrough of "price.phtml" template of catalog products in Magento

Can anybody please describe the total walkthrough of the catalog product's price.phtml template file? I have been trying to understand its full functionality, in how it implements its price logic, for the special price, wee price, regular price, and all of those; but have reached nowhere till now. Any help is greatly appreciated. After...

A company that had a successful product but went bust for not innovating?

At the company that I work we have a successful software product that did well but is now obsolete and unmaintainable. I am trying to explain that you need to innovate and replace this product with new offering in order to survive. I am looking for some good examples of companies that made the mistake that we are close to making - relyin...

Ruby erb template- try to change layout- get error

Hi there! I'm working my way through adapting a template I have been given that is basically a list of products for sale. I want to change it from a top-down list into a table layout. I want to end up with something as follows- <div id= 'ladiesproducts'> <% ladies_products = hosting_products.find_all do |product| product.name.match("lad...

Ubercart 1.0 add product kit to order without checkout

I want to give access to certain product kits during sign up process. I don't want user to go through checkout process. How it can be done? Tx ...

change default grid columns in Magento catalogue

There are so many methods out there and it's a bit confusing but what's the best way to change the default grid columns in the Magento 1.4 product catalog? Thanks ...

Magento: Attribute always returns default value in catalog view, works fine in product view

I've created a new Yes/No attribute for products. I've extended the Product model to do some custom logic and the custom functions are working everywhere. When I initially tried getting the custom attribute value, I ran into some issue. Magento wasn't loading it for me, so calls to $product->getMyAttributeName() did nothing. In the p...

is NATURAL JOIN any better than SELECT FROM WHERE in terms of performance ?

Today I got into a debate with my project manager about Cartesian products. He says a 'natural join' is somehow much better than using 'select from where' because the later cause the db engine to internally perform a Cartesian product but the former uses another approach that prevents this. As far as I know, the natural join syntax is no...

how to add a new product add page in magento admin side??

The product add page is very large..can anybody help me to create a single product adding page in the admin side... ...

How to use Target Definition in Product Configuration?

I have a question related to Eclipse PDE development. I'm using target definitions to manage my target platform, and would like to include all plugins from one particular target definition in one particular product configuration. It seems like I'm missing an easier way than what I'm currently doing (manually selecting all the stuff fro...