shopping cart

[Solaar]

Hello
I'm planning to design my own shopping cart, i know every software house on the planet produce them but i want something unique. If anyone has coded a cart could you let me know what problems you encountered (if any) and the strengths of ASP (or otherwise) in the implementation. Not sure if i should employ some middleware like ADOdb to store sessions etc, also i haven't a clue what server would suit. I be a bit of a novice.
Ta very much
Solaar xxx

[Giskard]

If your really a novice then why not try using ASP.NET instead. You could download the Commerce starter kit, and modify it to work the way you want. The code is fairly easy to follow and there is pleanty of online help available (including the .NET section of this forum)

You can get the starter kit here: http://www.asp.net/StarterKits/DownloadCommerce.aspx

[buntine]

In ASP, a shopping cart is another way of saying a Session Array. ;)

[Bullschmidt]

And while admittedly a little short on detail perhaps this may hopefully give you some ideas:

Classic ASP Design Tips - Shopping Cart
http://www.bullschmidt.com/devtip-shoppingcart.asp