paypal sends the data back in the URL if the order is completed. You can set the "return" url and include some product specific information along with the transaction ID but I don't think this is a bulletproof operation. you still rely on url scope variables to complete an order which is kinda choppy. at least you can verify this later by logging into paypal to check the products in the shopping cart.
Paypal is very easy to integrate though. you can even send multiple products to the cart at the same time so they only have to leave your website once to perform checkout. Casey On 7/15/06, Rick Faircloth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > So, I guess PayPal would be easier to use than, say, Authorize.net > or VeriSign Pay Flow, but PayPal presents other problems because > a user goes off-site and saving order info (whether or not the transaction > was completed?) is a problem? > > I'm considering using PayPal for a client's site to process rental > payments, > but you've opened up some issues that I need to clarify... > > Rick > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Mary Jo Sminkey [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Saturday, July 15, 2006 12:24 PM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: Re: shopping cart integration > > >Might someone out there point me (a simpleton) in a direction to gain a > >little more understanding about shopping carts and details about > >connecting back end code to all the appropriate financial pieces please? > > In terms of connecting to the bank, you generally use an online payment > gateway such as Authorize.Net or Verisign PayFlow which handles the > processing of the credit card and then depositing the funds through your > merchant account. In terms of how to do this, it varies totally depending > on > the service that you use. AuthNet is the easiest I am familiar with, you > just use a CFHTTP post and then process the return information to see if > the > transaction failed or was approved. Others like Linkpoint and Verisign > require installing components on the server but provide CFX tags to make > CF > integration easier. Others may be more difficult, such as Cybersource > which > requires the use of a COM object. And there are those like PayPal and > 2Checkout where the customer leaves your site altogether and you have to > determine whether to save the order before or after the customer leaves > your > site and how to deal with uncompleted orders. So you really need to decide > which service you are using before looking for specific information on how > to integrate it. > > -------------------- > Mary Jo Sminkey > http://www.cfwebstore.com > CFWebstore, ColdFusion E-commerce > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/message.cfm/forumid:4/messageid:246662 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
