Any commercial shopping cart packages using postgresql?

[Mike Nolan]

I may need to move a web store to another hosting facility or rewrite it.

I will need to be able to tie it to the in-house order entry system
(which is/will be in Postgresql) for inventory status information.

Are there any commercial web store/shopping cart packages or host sites
that run under PostgreSQL? I found one web store package in the pgsql
project archives, but it looks like it may need a lot of tinkering to get
it working.
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Mike Nolan


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[Alex Satrapa]

Mike Nolan wrote:

I may need to move a web store to another hosting facility or rewrite it.

I'm currently exploring the Zelerate AllCommerce system
http://allcommerce.sourceforge.net

I haven't even reached the stage of installing it yet. It's designed to
run out-of-the-box on MySQL, so I'm a little wary of that (I'm still
recovering from reading taht MySQL Gotchas page). So this is just a
pointer to something that exists.

HTH
Alex
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[Csaba Nagy]

Mike,

You could take a look at:
http://www.oscommerce.com/
While it is not written for postgres but for mySql, it has all data base
access abstracted to a single include file, so it (potentially) could be
easy to adapt to postgres.
It is also not a finished project, but I think it's good enough already
for production usage.
Worths a look.

Just my 2c.

Csaba.
On Thu, 2003-12-11 at 03:39, Mike Nolan wrote:

I may need to move a web store to another hosting facility or rewrite it.

I will need to be able to tie it to the in-house order entry system
(which is/will be in Postgresql) for inventory status information.

Are there any commercial web store/shopping cart packages or host sites
that run under PostgreSQL? I found one web store package in the pgsql
project archives, but it looks like it may need a lot of tinkering to get
it working.
--
Mike Nolan


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[Tony]

I used to follow the AllCommerce system quite closely, but I think
you'll find that it hasn't been actively developed for about 2 years now
IIRC. If that's not a problem for you then it's a good system, although
a little more complicated than I needed.

Regards

Tony

Alex Satrapa wrote:

Mike Nolan wrote:

I may need to move a web store to another hosting facility or rewrite
it.

I'm currently exploring the Zelerate AllCommerce system
http://allcommerce.sourceforge.net

I haven't even reached the stage of installing it yet. It's designed
to run out-of-the-box on MySQL, so I'm a little wary of that (I'm
still recovering from reading taht MySQL Gotchas page). So this is
just a pointer to something that exists.

HTH
Alex
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[B. van Ouwerkerk]

Are there any commercial web store/shopping cart packages or host sites
that run under PostgreSQL? I found one web store package in the pgsql
project archives, but it looks like it may need a lot of tinkering to get
it working.

http://www.fishcart.org
It runs with MySQL, PostgreSQL, Solid, Oracle and MSSQL.

With the latest version we ran into some minor issues with PostgreSQL but
those will be solved with the new release that is supposed to get out as
soon as all the latest features are fully tested.

B.
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[Tony]

My previous query applies here too then...

Is the cart built using full features of PG or is it a port using
database abstraction libs with the same functionality as MySQL?

Obviously the power of PG lies in all the goodies MySQL doesn't yet have.

Cheers

T.

B. van Ouwerkerk wrote:

Are there any commercial web store/shopping cart packages or host sites
that run under PostgreSQL? I found one web store package in the pgsql
project archives, but it looks like it may need a lot of tinkering to
get
it working.

http://www.fishcart.org
It runs with MySQL, PostgreSQL, Solid, Oracle and MSSQL.

With the latest version we ran into some minor issues with PostgreSQL
but those will be solved with the new release that is supposed to get
out as soon as all the latest features are fully tested.

B.

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[B. van Ouwerkerk]

I didn't see your previous question.. but.. no.. it's not coded
specifically for PG if you mean you can use views etc out of the box. In
the past several portions of code have been added to make it run properly
with PG, while installing the cart those are configured on the fly.

I wouldn't be surprised if the developers decide to modify the cart to have
the PG goodies. But there is much more to consider then just using views etc.

Until the PG goodies are used nothing is stopping you to create views from
the current queries, or use any other PG specific feature if you like.

The power of FishCart lies in the fact that it has many features.

B.

At 15:13 16-12-2003 +0000, Tony (Unihost) wrote:

My previous query applies here too then...

Is the cart built using full features of PG or is it a port using database
abstraction libs with the same functionality as MySQL?

Obviously the power of PG lies in all the goodies MySQL doesn't yet have.

Cheers

T.

B. van Ouwerkerk wrote:

Are there any commercial web store/shopping cart packages or host sites
that run under PostgreSQL? I found one web store package in the pgsql
project archives, but it looks like it may need a lot of tinkering to get
it working.

http://www.fishcart.org
It runs with MySQL, PostgreSQL, Solid, Oracle and MSSQL.

With the latest version we ran into some minor issues with PostgreSQL but
those will be solved with the new release that is supposed to get out as
soon as all the latest features are fully tested.

B.

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[Mike Nolan]

> My previous query applies here too then...

Is the cart built using full features of PG or is it a port using
database abstraction libs with the same functionality as MySQL?

Obviously the power of PG lies in all the goodies MySQL doesn't yet have.

Another question is how many of those goodies are needed to run a shopping
cart app? I'm interested in using PG in large measure because that's what
our membership system is being written in, so I assume that tying the
shopping cart app into the rest of the system will be easier with a
PG-based app than with one that uses MySQL or some other data platform.
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[Alex Satrapa]

Alex Satrapa wrote:

I'm currently exploring the Zelerate AllCommerce system
http://allcommerce.sourceforge.net

Ick... this product is *so* the poster child of the MySQL generation:

#
# Table structure for table 'addresses'
#
CREATE TABLE addresses (
objid varchar(20) DEFAULT '' NOT NULL,
objclass varchar(20) DEFAULT '' NOT NULL,
objtype varchar(20) DEFAULT '' NOT NULL,
...
PRIMARY KEY objid
);

No foreign keys! Look at all those "DEFAULT '' NOT NULL" columns! What
are they thinking?

As penance for suggesting this product, I will clean up the SQL and at
least post my experiences with installing and using this product on
PostgreSQL.
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[Karsten Hilbert]

> Ick... this product is *so* the poster child of the MySQL generation:
....

No foreign keys! Look at all those "DEFAULT '' NOT NULL" columns! What
are they thinking?

You'd be surprised what the schema of most MEDICAL apps looks
like (if they aren't built off MS ACCESS, that is...). And one
would think medical DB designers are wont to be paranoid about
quality/integrity of data ...

Karsten Hilbert, MD
www.gnumed.org
(we do try to do a better job and this list is invaluable for it)
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