Adding Letters to the Order Number

[tricianeill]

Is there any way to add a three letter code to the order numbers that are shown on the invoices? I know that you can customize the actual order number by editing the file in the data directory - but when I put letters in it, it is converting them to their corresponding numbers...

Any thoughts?

Thanks in advance so much for any help!

Tricia

[robm]

The order number in ShopSite is only for numbers. It does not work with letters.

[Jeff]

any way to add a three letter code to the order numbers

commerce setup>store preferences>store text>receipts

On the "order number::" line you can put something to precede the order number generated by SS including your three letter code. There will be a small space between the code and the order number.

Sometimes people phone or email us to check on a past due order they actually placed at another website. By making our numbers unique and not just four digits, we can instantly determine whether the caller had ordered from us.

Don't know if this simple thing was what you were trying to do.

[tricianeill]

JEFF - You are a genius!! Thanks so much - that is exactly our reason for doing this, and exactly what I needed...I knew there must be something simple that I was overlooking.
Thanks again,
T:)

[Swine]

The order number in ShopSite is only for numbers. It does not work with letters.

I know you say the order number in ShopSite doesn't work with letters. But do you really mean it doesn't work with letters? I mean, really? Because all I want to do is add one letter to the beginning of our invoice numbers. Due to the way our current MYOB system is set up, each time we import sales info from the web, it completely begins renumbering all our invoices, including non web sales. We've had to start a second sales database as a result.

However, with the simple addition of a single letter at the beginning of the web-generated invoice numbers, all of our prayers -- aside from peace on earth, and a dream date with Sarah Silverman -- would be answered.

So, we can't even add one crummy little letter?

[loren_d_c]

So, we can't even add one crummy little letter?

Not in the ShopSite order number. But perhaps your import routines/mechanisms could add the letter after you get the data from ShopSite but before it adds them to your other database.

-Loren

[Swine]

So, we can't even add one crummy little letter?

Not in the ShopSite order number. But perhaps your import routines/mechanisms could add the letter after you get the data from ShopSite but before it adds them to your other database.

-Loren

Thanks for the response, even though it's not the one I was hoping for. I don't personally handle the import, but I'll look into it. Anybody have Sarah's number?