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Catering for '/' character in SKU in DSC v3
Last Post 4/6/2010 12:55:14 AM By Applied. 2 replies.
3/26/2010 9:03:41 AM
Applied
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Catering for '/' character in SKU in DSC v3
Selecting a product in product summary to go to the individual product view causes an error (file not found). Is there an easy way to cater for this codewise or otherwise?
3/26/2010 9:36:17 AM
lukezy
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Re: Catering for '/' character in SKU in DSC v3
Product SKU is used for path. You should not use any path related characters. You might want to create a custom field "My SKU" to hold the your specific data that includes "/".
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4/6/2010 12:55:14 AM
Applied
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Re: Catering for '/' character in SKU in DSC v3
The issue is that '/' is a very common character to use for a part number. Seeing it on-screen as one thing but printing/storing as another can lead to confusion or errors especially with similar SKU's.
 
We resolved this by replacing the '/' with another character for the purposes of navigation, which we then replaced back again at the appropriate time so we do not have to store 2 different SKU's.
 
 
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