Purge orphaned products

AbleMods · Post by **AbleMods** » Fri Nov 23, 2007 11:30 am

How do I purge all my orphaned products at one time?

When I delete a category, it warns me about deleting all it's contents.

That's not really true - the products don't get deleted, they just get orphaned.

jmestep · Post by **jmestep** » Fri Nov 23, 2007 11:34 am

Haven't checked AC7 yet, but in AC5, there was a search for products w/o category and then you could delete them.

AbleMods · Post by **AbleMods** » Fri Nov 23, 2007 12:04 pm

You can too in AC7, but only one at a time.

Post by **sohaib** » Mon Nov 26, 2007 1:14 am

That's not really true - the products don't get deleted, they just get orphaned.

If that is the case it is a bug. We will verify this in our latest revision.

Post by **sohaib** » Mon Nov 26, 2007 1:45 am

Verified that this bug exists.
New bug 6081 added
http://bugs.ablecommerce.com/show_bug.cgi?id=6081

Post by **Logan Rhodehamel** » Mon Nov 26, 2007 5:56 pm

SolunarServices wrote:You can too in AC7, but only one at a time.

How many you have? We have resolved the bug but I have to judge whether the Orphaned Products page needs enhancement.

AbleMods · Post by **AbleMods** » Mon Nov 26, 2007 8:51 pm

Total was 634, like 16 pages worth

I got rid of mine, so my issue is handled for now. But I see a good possibility for people testing product import with a category and then nuking the category until the import is what they want. Depending on their import size or number of test imports, it could become an issue for them.

Might be easiest to just add a checkbox to the gridview with a Delete Selected button. Don't ya just love people who over-simplify things at the expense of the developer