RE: Product Attributes to Product Options

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Hi,

[quote]The easiest thing to do is make a lookup function to get the weight.

Then, you can edit the /includes/classes/shopping_cart.php and orders.php to obtain the info. [/quote]

Sooo...how would I query the shopping cart to find out what attribute the user selected? Thanks for the idea...  :) 

[quote]The reason I use the products_attributes table instead is that all of the functions, processing and calculations you need flow better when everything happens in the same manner.

Example: price_prefix and options_values_price are used in the calculation of $total ... if you added the weight in the products_attributes table you can follow that pattern through all the code and adjust the $weight to use the new weight in an easier manner. [/quote]

That's true...do you think that I should just go with it and enter the weight every time for each attribute?

[quote]Sometimes it's easier to follow an existing field that behaves in a like manner to what you are trying to do than it is to modify un unrelated table/field to perform a function.[/quote]

Very true...less work too.  :wink: 
--Taj