Creating a online catalogue

[rhoolihan]

Hi, i need to create an online catalogue using ASP. I can create a database showing all the products.....I have some code somewhere to add items to a basket....but when it comes to taking payment, I guess i will need SSL but how does that work? is it just a secure area on the host or will i have to change the coding?

Cheers

Rob

[jestep]

Basically your site will have two parts to the payment process. The shopping cart, and the payment form. The payment form is integrated with a payment gateway (Authorize.net, Verisign, etc.) that is attached to your merchant account or other payment system. The transaction information must be securely transmitted to the gateway and the gateway returns an approved or declined response. Your would then display a declined or approved page depending on which response is needed.

If you are using authorize.net you can check out these scripts. I have used the php version but not the ASP. This company provides great support so I assume the ASP is just as good as the PHP.
http://www.authnetscripts.com/

[ian20]

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hope this helps
ian