[Typo3-shop] Work method

[Bill Alexy]

Franz Holzinger wrote:
> Hello Bill,
> 
>>> Some programmation work has to be done here. The where-clause for 
>>> pricecalc is a planned but not yet programmed feature.
>>>
>> Oh...I thought is was implemented and I just needed to declare my 
>> condition there.
> 
> A sponsor or coder for this is still needed.

What do you need from a sponsor?

> 
>> I can create articles for each item but the product gradings names are 
>> truncated in the articles' gradings field. For instance "White 
>> Uncoated Permanent" is truncated to "White Uncoated Perma". We wanted 
>> descriptive article selections for usability purposes.
> 
> 
> I suppose the
> gradings varchar(255) DEFAULT '' NOT NULL,
> will be a bit too small for you then.
> 
> At this limit an attribute table would be needed.
> 
>> I was hoping that some simple typoscript would get me around that 
>> issue...You can see I'm quite a dilettante when it comes to these 
>> matters. How can I prevent the truncating in the article's variant 
>> fields?
>>
> The database field gradings can only store 255 characters.
> Which value did you put in here for the tt_products table?

Gradings:
White Uncoated Permanent;White Uncoated All Temperature Permanent;White 
Uncoated Removable;White Mid-Gloss Perm;White High Gloss 
Permanent;Fluorescent Green Permanent;Fluorescent Orange 
Permanent;Fluorescent Red Permanent;Fluorescent Yellow Permanent

I tried changing the character limit in the articles table to 60, but 
now I'm getting a fatal error in line 86 of 
/class.tx_ttproducts_single_view.php