I have an interesting problem that I''m trying to wrap my head around. I''m creating a subscription based service that will charge extra for premium products. What does this mean?...ok, let''s say I''ve created a subscription based service that allows you to get any 5 standard magazines of your choice shipped to you per month, where a standard magazine is any magazine that costs less than $7.99. Magazines more expensive than that are considered premium. Now if a subscriber selects a standard magazine, this is fine, the order is created and the magazine is shipped, this order falls within the terms of the subscription. However, if the subscriber selects a premium magazIne, then I have to charge them the difference of the magazine price from 7.99. So if they order a magazine worth 9.99, I have to charge them 2 bucks, etc etc. Now, I can''t figure out where to put this logic check. What I''ve started with was this. I created another controller method to check the price, if it''s standard, send to the create method(is that even possible??). If the magazine price is high, I redirect to a confirm page then back to the create method....this means that I have to store my order in a session, right? Which just seems like over kill. Has anyone had a problem like this before? How did you go about solving it? Thanks a bunch in advance, -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFF+G/Ez6ZCGd0@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk+unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFF+G/Ez6ZCGd0@public.gmane.org For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en.
On 1 August 2011 16:56, bertly_the_coder <muchira-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote:> I have an interesting problem that I''m trying to wrap my head around. > > I''m creating a subscription based service that will charge extra for > premium products. What does this mean?...ok, let''s say I''ve created a > subscription based service that allows you to get any 5 standard > magazines of your choice shipped to you per month, where a standard > magazine is any magazine that costs less than $7.99. Magazines more > expensive than that are considered premium. > > Now if a subscriber selects a standard magazine, this is fine, the > order is created and the magazine is shipped, this order falls within > the terms of the subscription. However, if the subscriber selects a > premium magazIne, then I have to charge them the difference of the > magazine price from 7.99. So if they order a magazine worth 9.99, I > have to charge them 2 bucks, etc etc. > > Now, I can''t figure out where to put this logic check. What I''ve > started with was this. I created another controller method to check > the price, if it''s standard, send to the create method(is that even > possible??). If the magazine price is high, I redirect to a confirm > page then back to the create method....this means that I have to store > my order in a session, right? Which just seems like over kill.Add it to the order in the normal way but mark it as not confirmed, then get the user to confirm it (or not). Colin> > Has anyone had a problem like this before? How did you go about > solving it? > > Thanks a bunch in advance, > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. > To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFF+G/Ez6ZCGd0@public.gmane.org > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en. > >-- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFF+G/Ez6ZCGd0@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en.
Oh, good idea....Thanks Colin, tunnel-vision sucks, I''d have never thought of that. On Aug 1, 12:04 pm, Colin Law <clan...-gM/Ye1E23mwN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org> wrote:> On 1 August 2011 16:56, bertly_the_coder <much...-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > I have an interesting problem that I''m trying to wrap my head around. > > > I''m creating a subscription based service that will charge extra for > > premium products. What does this mean?...ok, let''s say I''ve created a > > subscription based service that allows you to get any 5 standard > > magazines of your choice shipped to you per month, where a standard > > magazine is any magazine that costs less than $7.99. Magazines more > > expensive than that are considered premium. > > > Now if a subscriber selects a standard magazine, this is fine, the > > order is created and the magazine is shipped, this order falls within > > the terms of the subscription. However, if the subscriber selects a > > premium magazIne, then I have to charge them the difference of the > > magazine price from 7.99. So if they order a magazine worth 9.99, I > > have to charge them 2 bucks, etc etc. > > > Now, I can''t figure out where to put this logic check. What I''ve > > started with was this. I created another controller method to check > > the price, if it''s standard, send to the create method(is that even > > possible??). If the magazine price is high, I redirect to a confirm > > page then back to the create method....this means that I have to store > > my order in a session, right? Which just seems like over kill. > > Add it to the order in the normal way but mark it as not confirmed, > then get the user to confirm it (or not). > > Colin > > > > > > > > > > > Has anyone had a problem like this before? How did you go about > > solving it? > > > Thanks a bunch in advance, > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. > > To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFF+G/Ez6ZCGd0@public.gmane.org > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk+unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFF+G/Ez6ZCGd0@public.gmane.org > > For more options, visit this group athttp://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en.-- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFF+G/Ez6ZCGd0@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en.
On 1 August 2011 17:14, bertly_the_coder <muchira-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote:> Oh, good idea....Thanks Colin, tunnel-vision sucks, I''d have never > thought of that.Don''t forget that if he does not explcitly accept or reject it (just leaves the confirmation page for example) the record will be left in the database unconfirmed. You must be able to cope with that when he next comes along.> > On Aug 1, 12:04 pm, Colin Law <clan...-gM/Ye1E23mwN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org> wrote: >> On 1 August 2011 16:56, bertly_the_coder <much...-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote: >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > I have an interesting problem that I''m trying to wrap my head around. >> >> > I''m creating a subscription based service that will charge extra for >> > premium products. What does this mean?...ok, let''s say I''ve created a >> > subscription based service that allows you to get any 5 standard >> > magazines of your choice shipped to you per month, where a standard >> > magazine is any magazine that costs less than $7.99. Magazines more >> > expensive than that are considered premium. >> >> > Now if a subscriber selects a standard magazine, this is fine, the >> > order is created and the magazine is shipped, this order falls within >> > the terms of the subscription. However, if the subscriber selects a >> > premium magazIne, then I have to charge them the difference of the >> > magazine price from 7.99. So if they order a magazine worth 9.99, I >> > have to charge them 2 bucks, etc etc. >> >> > Now, I can''t figure out where to put this logic check. What I''ve >> > started with was this. I created another controller method to check >> > the price, if it''s standard, send to the create method(is that even >> > possible??). If the magazine price is high, I redirect to a confirm >> > page then back to the create method....this means that I have to store >> > my order in a session, right? Which just seems like over kill. >> >> Add it to the order in the normal way but mark it as not confirmed, >> then get the user to confirm it (or not). >> >> Colin >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > Has anyone had a problem like this before? How did you go about >> > solving it? >> >> > Thanks a bunch in advance, >> >> > -- >> > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. >> > To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org. >> > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk+unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFF+G/Ez6ZCGd0@public.gmane.org >> > For more options, visit this group athttp://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. > To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFF+G/Ez6ZCGd0@public.gmane.org > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en. > >-- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFF+G/Ez6ZCGd0@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en.