Integrating External Data

[andytauber]

I need some advice and guuideance.

I have a clinet that sells network equipment. They want the search on the store to search the AC database then take an xml feed form a supply wharehouse of a distributor and display the results under the AC search return.

In addition thay want to be able to add items from the external search to the cart for quoting purposes.

Any ideas on the best wat to add something the the cart that is not in the AC db?

Thanks

[jmestep]

What are they going to do with the results of the search if the products are not in the store? As an alternative, you might want to add the products in the store to the xml file and search on that file.

[andytauber]

They are actually not selling anything but using the store to collect information to generate a quote. They want to be able to add parts from the external xlm feed to the cart so they can quote but no to the database.

[jmestep]

The only way you can add a product to the cart that isn't in the store would be to programatically add the product to the store product table as it is selected to add to cart. Then you would probably want to take it out again if the order didn't go thru? That's why I suggested adding your store products to the xml file along with the ones that are already there.

[andytauber]

If I put a dummy part number into the database can I pass that to the cart multiple times with different description?