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I avoid having to maintain two databases by simply giving Worldship
each address every time I ship a package. I also include freight,
dimensions, COD and other shipping options, etc. <br>
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To my system Worldship just processes the shipment and gets back
tracking number and freight charge info. To Worldship each shipment
looks like a unique package. It still automatically puts shipments
together to generate "Hundredwieght" freight rates, but I want to list
a "package x of y" then I have to keep track of it myself. Still,
Worldship will let you send the "package x of y" information as well. <br>
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Worlship will import a lot of fields including everything that can be
key-entered in the system and, I believe, a few more.<br>
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I only have to maintain my own database and just worry about getting
the appropriate information back from Worldship to keep it up to date.<br>
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<pre wrap="">Thanks for the response.
However, we are getting the tracking information in an end of day process
which spins out a csv which I import and post to the order header file.
The problem is that it is necessary to maintain 2 separate store shipping
files. Worldship and my application. This presents a problem when
addresses are corrected or changed or new stores added. It is too time
consuming to keep these in sync.
Also, they are processing too many orders each day to do this in a batch
process during the day. The plan is to have Worldship get the address info
from the Access file and push back the tracking info.
As I have considered it, I probably will create a shipto file also.
Richard
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Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2008 17:00:32 -0400
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A question for those using fp ODBC.
I need to pass information to and get back from UPS Worldship.
I created an Access file as that is what Worldship is written in.
ODBC record: PO #, store #, name, address, city state and zip -
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Tracking #, pickup date, number of cartons, weight, cost -
from Worldship
I am thinking through the procedure and since I have very little ODBC
experience, would like to know if I am approaching this correctly.
I am plan to use the low level method.
1. When an order is created, an odbc record is created with the po
#, store #, name, address, city state and zip.
(This gives my application control of the shipping address
witch UPS uses)
2. Once shipped, when the order is accessed using @entsel, I want to
check if the order is a ups shipment and if it is, check to see if there
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a. No number - read the Access record and get the shipping
information
1. no value in record - not been shipped yet
2. tracking # - read into filepro record
b. Number present - do nothing more
Since my client ships a large number of orders each month(about 8,000),
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<pre wrap="">30 days or more old from the odbc database. This should keep the
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<pre wrap="">fairly small and make access fairly quick.
At the current time the tracking #'s are being update from a csv file
created when Worldship close at the end of the day. This procedure will
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<pre wrap="">more real time. Its other advantage is a standardized point for store
address. When changed in my application, the correct address will be
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Any suggestions will be greatly appreciate.
Richard Kreiss
GCC Consulting
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<pre wrap="">I use Worldship, but I avoided using ODBC by using their text/csv
files. Since we don't ship a lot my system uploads the data via a batch
file and gets the tracking and freight charge information at the end of
the day. IIRC UPS has the ability to create the export file when it
processes each label. Looking for and updating your filepro database
with this information would allow you to keep the files up to date on a
regular basis.
Boaz
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