Re: FLASH: Shopping cart application

[Donald]

What about a cgi or php to access the database.


Cheryl Harder wrote:

> 

> Hi, everybody

> 

> I'm attempting to build a shopping cart application using Flash/ASP/Access.

> I know, I'm not the first, but haven't seen too many of them yet.  Also know

> I'm spending time "reinventing the wheel" but cannot find an existing

> shopping cart application I can really get hooks into to attach it to a

> Flash front-end, besides THEY get all the money, and I want some!  <grin>

> 

> At any rate, I'm trying to decide how to divide the load of work amongst the

> three tiers of the application and need advice.  Obviously, I will need the

> database to track the store, product, sales and customer information...so I

> need Access and ASP at the start and end of the transaction (search - view -

> order - cart - checkout/confirm - sale is the way I see the functionality

> flow, and I need the database for the search-to-view and the

> checkout-to-sale parts.)  My question is, would it be better to "hold" the

> cart (order-in-progress) at the Flash end and just send it back to the

> database when complete?  Or should I track it in the database the entire

> time?

> 

> I can see pros & cons of either way:

> 

> If aborted (computer hung or customer paused for any reason) the order would

> be saved if it were being held in the database

> 

> Less server traffic/bandwidth "waiting" if on client

> 

> When sale complete, would already be on the server if on server (so who

> cares?)

> 

> Could do data mining statistical analysis if all the orders were in the

> database, including the cancelled ones.

> 

> Easier to build it in Flash (for me, anyway....)

> 

> Any other thoughts?

> 

> ~~~~Cheri Harder~~~~~

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