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21 Aug 2011, 3:56 PM
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How to remove the PayPal IPN transaction list ?

Is there a way to remove or clear the PayPal IPN transaction list, as shown via the PayPal IPN menu in Admin ? whilst preserving all the PayPal IPN setup information ?

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21 Aug 2011, 6:16 PM
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Re: How to remove the PayPal IPN transaction list ?

You can delete all your PayPal IPN history by truncating the paypal and paypal_session and paypal_payment_status_history tables using phpMyAdmin.

IMPORTANT ALERT:

USE CAUTION, SINCE YOU ARE DELETING INFORMATION THAT IS USED ELSEWHERE, SUCH AS IN HISTORICAL ORDERS.
Deleting that data is NOT necessary, nor appropriate, when using Express Checkout, since IPNs are still received by your store when using Express Checkout, and that information is still important.
The ONLY reason you should purge that data is if you're resetting your store and deleting ALL order history and all customers.

99% of people should NEVER purge that data. You've been warned.

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22 Aug 2011, 4:10 AM
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Re: How to remove the PayPal IPN transaction list ?

Thanks for that advice. Yes I'm duplicating my store for another business and completely gutting the data. Thus I'm deleting all orders and customers and most products, and changing the store setup info etc... This approach saved me having to reconfigure the whole site design and template setup, mods and add-ons etc...

This brings me to another question. Can I run two or more separate ZenCart sites that have the same PayPal Express / IPN configuration, key encryption etc... that point to the one PayPal account ? Thus all transactions from both sites go via the one PayPal account. Failing this I imagine I might require separate PayPal accounts for each site.

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22 Aug 2011, 4:31 AM
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Re: How to remove the PayPal IPN transaction list ?

HeyIts007:

This brings me to another question. Can I run two or more separate ZenCart sites that have the same PayPal Express / IPN configuration, key encryption etc... that point to the one PayPal account ? Thus all transactions from both sites go via the one PayPal account. Failing this I imagine I might require separate PayPal accounts for each site.
A quick search in the FAQs section for "PayPal" brings up this article which answers your question: https://www.zen-cart.com/tutorials/index.php?article=229

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23 Aug 2011, 8:12 AM
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Re: How to remove the PayPal IPN transaction list ?

OK Thanks.

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