Stocks by attributes

[woodlandsprite]

Well, I've got the units set to .5 yards for all items sold that way, and it works fine for products without attributes. I've looked in the files for the stock by attributes mod for a decimal or unit designation, but I haven't found anything. But, I probably have no idea what I'm looking for! I'm sure there must be a way to adjust the unit for the attributes - I'm just not savvy enough to know where that is...

Apologies if I'm stating the obvious :)
But for products with atttributes and units of .5 yards...

if you have 10 yards, then you need to state that you have 20 of the item...

[DrByte]

is the quantity field in the database set to int or float ? int requires whole numbers, whereas float allows decimals of varying precision

[buzzville]

is the quantity field in the database set to int or float ? int requires whole numbers, whereas float allows decimals of varying precision

*applause* Thank you DrByte! That seems to have done the trick! Thanks for helping those with zero skills to figure this stuff out!

[MikeyG]

could some one please explain how the stock_attributes column in the table product_with_attribute_stock can be translated back to work out the name (value) of the attribute option.


MG

Sorry to bounce but would really like some one to explain how this works so I can use it in other ways to manage stock.



Thanks

MG

[Svanis]

Hey all!

I'm just about to upgrade my ZC from 1.2.7 to 1.3.0.2.
Everything has been running smoothly but now I've met some hard resistance.

I've downloaded this contrib and installed it without any problems.
But now it fetches ALL attributes on each product who has attributes.
As far as I can see the package is missing attributes_controller.php

Am I right? Anyone who could supply me with the file?

[Svanis]

attributes_controller.php

That should be "main_template_vars_attributes.php"

[buzzville]

Just to follow up on my previous post.

I have managed to convince my cart that it should display the stock level warning in red by editing the following piece of code in includes\functions\function_lookups.php

// modified to include attributes
function zen_check_stock($products_id, $products_quantity, $attributes = '') {

$stock_left = zen_get_products_stock($products_id, $attributes) - $products_quantity;
$out_of_stock = '';


if ($stock_left < 0 && !is_array($attributes)) {
$out_of_stock = '<br/><span class="alert bold"><span class="markProductOutOfStock">' . STOCK_MARK_PRODUCT_OUT_OF_STOCK . '</span>';
}
elseif ($stock_left < 0 && is_array($attributes)) {
$out_of_stock = '<br/><span class="alert bold"><span class="markProductOutOfStock">' . STOCK_MARK_PRODUCT_OUT_OF_STOCK . '</span>';
}

return $out_of_stock;
}

Hi Bunster,

I'm having the same problem and tried this fix, but it's still not working for me... I can either get the insufficient stock message for products with attributes or products without, but not both at the same time. Is this still working for you? I'm starting to think this mod is hurting me more than it's helping me...

[tajul_ashyqin]

Hi Bunster,

I'm having the same problem and tried this fix, but it's still not working for me... I can either get the insufficient stock message for products with attributes or products without, but not both at the same time. Is this still working for you? I'm starting to think this mod is hurting me more than it's helping me...

try my fix on previous post within the same thread; http://www.zen-cart.com/forum/showpo...7&postcount=39

[Bunster]

Hi Buzzvile,

yes as tajul_ashyqin said you will need to add that piece of code as well.
But it still will not display your available stock so your customers will have to guess the magic number for available stock.

To be honest I have now given up trying to get this to function as I want it to and am now looking for alternatives.

I believe this functionality will be in ZCv1.4 but it'll be a while before that see's the light of day, the dev team have more than enough on their plate to be getting on with so no point in pestering them.

good luck

Bunster

[buzzville]

Thanks Tajul_ashykin and Bunster. It was the functions_lookup.php file that was the trick. I kept changing one section of code, but missed a second section that did the trick. Now the low stock message is working for both types of stock... I just need to pay a little more attention! Now to see if I can figure out how to get the quantities to show...