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...226833 but here are snippets: result = ups.find_rates(origin, destination, packages) NameError (undefined local variable or method `transitive'' for <UNDEFINED> ... </>:REXML::Document): /opt/local/lib/ruby/1.8/rexml/document.rb:186:in `write'' /vendor/plugins/active_shipping/lib/vendor/xml_node/lib/ xml_node.rb:216:in `to_xml'' /vendor/plugins/active_shipping/lib/active_shipping/shipping/ carriers/ups.rb:94:in `build_access_request'' /vendor/plugins/active_shipping/lib/active_shipping/shipping/ carriers/ups.rb:80:in `find_rates'' --~--~...

Why are there tutorials on everything having to do with rails EXCEPT on calculating shipping costs for a shopping cart? there are 10 or so blog posts about the "shipping_gem" or "active_shipping" but no real details like how one might get the information from a form and then pass the cost into the total for checkout. Does anyone know of a tutorial i might have missed in the past two weeks for trying to figure this out that actually details the process? I''m about ready to put...

...ave a requirement to integrate with the USPS to purchase shipping labels (priority mail and express mail). So, I have seen a few gems that deal with shipping but don''t have USPS support (shippinglogic) or have USPS support but just for rate calculation and tracking, not label creation (active_shipping). I did encounter a gem that is supposed to do what I need (awesome_usps) but it''s source contains SystaxErrors when I try to require it and it doesn''t have any tests. I am looking for a gem that works either directly with the USPS or with another provider, like Endicia. An...