...NOTE: I'm using the database version and I do not like to write the entire order to a log. Instead I just write the order # and default status to a logfile (you can use order.log if you want).

In your setup file (I use the database version) in the routine that begins with:

###################################
# Order Form Definition Variables #
###################################

you will find the follwoing array definition

@sc_order_form_required_fields =
("01-name",
"02-b_street_address",
"03-b_city",
"04-b_state",
"05-b_zip",
"12-phone",
"14-e-mail");

Here is what to add:

# 09/15/98-ADH Defined field $sc_order_no = (); to 
# hold a duplicate copy of the cart_id which will 
# later be written to the order log.

$sc_order_no = ();

Next, make sure this field set to YES. It is futher down in this section.

$sc_send_order_to_email = "yes";

Next, open WEB_STORE_HTML.PL for editing....

Find CART_TABLE_HEADER_TABLE_SUBROUTINE

Somewhere after the Close Cart statement I put this:

$sc_order_status = 
    ("Order #: $cart_id has not been processed||");
$sc_order_no = "$cart_id";

Next, open WEB_STORE_ORDER.PL

I CHANGED this code which write the entire order to a log file file from this:

if ($sc_send_order_to_log =~ /yes/i) {
open (ORDERLOG, ">>$sc_order_log_file");
print ORDERLOG "-" x 40;
print ORDERLOG $text_of_cart;
print ORDERLOG "-" x 40 . "\n";
close (ORDERLOG);
}

TO THIS:

$sc_order_no = "$cart_id"; 
if ($sc_send_order_to_log =~ /yes/i) {
open (ORDERLOG, ">>$sc_order_log_file");
print ORDERLOG $sc_tracking_msg,$sc_order_no;
print ORDERLOG "\n";
close (ORDERLOG);
}

here's the search script Put it in your Admin_files Directory and change the filename in the script to the name of your log file. Setup permissions for this script as follow: rwxr xr x

NOTE: This original script can be found at: http://www.technotrade.com/cgi/search.html was written by Techno Trade  http://www.technotrade.com.   It was designed to search for URL's and to add info however I commented out what I didn't need to make it work with my order tracking database. There is a small flaw using the Techno Search script.  It display the first file in the database if you enter say a 1.  However to get around that I just put some error messages in the file as you will see later in this documentation.

If anyone comes up with a better solution please share it with me.
 

This is the Tracking Html Main Page =====================

Note: The search script needs to be modified to specifically work for the tracking but as I said before I am no expert at cgi so someone more advance will have to do this. hopefully it will be shared with me. Hopefully i've covered everything.

What the SAMPLE tracking database will look like when the order tracking message and # is;

Order # 8741553.20283 has not been processed||8741553.20283

So in theory unless you use a different search script it would be a good idea to put in error messages in case someone tries to get information from your database by inputting a single #.  It seems to happen only when 1 is entered but it's best to put in a line for 0-9 just be safe like below;

Sorry that is not a valid order #||1  (you might want to do this for 0, and also numbers 2-9.)
Order # 8741553.20283 has not been processed||8741553.20283

Please read up on security issues about using the | in your code.  I seem to remember having to be careful about using it.  I don't know if it would appear to your database file.  Please not I am not responsible for any problems, etc. associated with using this information.  It is meant as information only.

 If it doesn't work let me know and I'll research a little more to see what else I might have done.

Angelina H.
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