Adding external product information

[rolo2912]

Hi all,

We have an external mysql-based database containing product information and links to images to most of the products available on the cataloge. Challange is to incorporate them into sellerdeck 2013.

Some questions:

1. Is it no longer possible to open the .mdb-file? We are trying using access 2003 but without any error-messages its not opening the file. Compacting it reduced the size from 850MB to 109MB but still not opening. Anyone experienced the same? As said, its not giving any error message at all.

2. In the mysql-database we have links to images. Format

<img src='http://images.xxxxx.xxx/img/norm/high/xxxxxx.jpg' width='250' alt='' />

Is it possible to add these img-links to the mdb-file and have it picked up by sellerdeck as the image?

Product information, LongDescription, Link to Manufacturer is all in the Mysql-DB. Can this be included on the fly (using php code) into the live site or can it be imported to the mdb-file so when compiling the catalog, these product information are included?

Thank you for any suggestion how to go about it best.

Regards,

[rolo2912]

.mdb

Hi all,

it seems my question is to complex.

Just wondering if someone at least can tell me please, if the .mdb file can still be opend using Access?

Thank you,

Regards

[printerbase]

Hi,

I don't know about Access 2003 but we open the database using the latest version of access, maybe try an newer version of access ?

As for linking to a MySQL database we do this all the time, in-fact most of our content comes from a MySQL database. www.printerbase.co.uk

We basically reference the SellerDeck product ref in our MySQL database and then we call the product information from the MySQL database using that reference number.

Images, description, manufacturer, even price so we can have total flexibility.

If you want to extend the usefulness of SellerDeck than I believe this is the way to go.

Hope this helps.