Is there an eCart Discount variable available?

Hey guys,

Quick question:
Is there an existing variable in eCart that is available when a/any Discount Rule has been set?

On my pages throughout the site, I want to show a Discounted Price under the existing price. This is purely a visual price. The cart takes care of the actual discounts via the Discount rule.
I have a function (ASP VBScript) that works this out and writes the answer to the page.

I want to put an 'if statement' around that function that basically asks whether or not 'any' discount rule has been set in eCart. If true, then display the discount price else just show normal price.

Any help appreciated.

It is an older site so I am running eCart 4 (and VBScript :( )

Thanks in advance

The discounts used in eCart are for the entire cart not for individual items. The discounts are accumulated and held in the cart, you can check on the total for discounts with some code like this:

<%
if (WA_eCart_GetDiscounts(eCart1) > 0)     then
%>

This GetDiscounts function will get the total for the discounts, you can check it just like this if statement. If the total is greater than 0 then there is a discount for the current order.

Thanks Eric, that's exactly what I need :)
I realize that the discount applies to the entire cart, which is why I'm having to add in a 'visual' price representation on the product pages to keep the client happy.

Thanks

Hey Eric,

Was almost there - In case anyone else needs to use this, the code below returned the value I was looking for:

<% if ([mycartname]_eCart_GetDiscounts() > 0) then %>
show something here
<% end if %>

My next question is: is there some way of pulling in the active discount name into the cart? So instead of just having the word "Discounts" in the Cart, can I use the Discount name, eg April Sale - 10% Discount?

Thanks

You would basically check the recordset to see if the sale price is turned on and if so, then display sale message, if not, display nothing.

You might be able to get at the info that you need for the discount by making use of the rule looper function. Here is an example of what this function looks like in action, I took this from my cart display:

<%
if (NOT WA_eCart_Rules_EOF(eCart1, "Discounts")) then
	while (NOT WA_eCart_Rules_EOF(eCart1, "Discounts"))
		if (WA_eCart_RuleLooperValue(eCart1, "Discounts") > 0) then
%>
            <tr>
              <td class="eC_IndividualCharge"><%=WA_eCart_RuleLooperName(eCart1, "Discounts")%></td>
              <td>-<%=WA_eCart_DisplayMoney(eCart1, WA_eCart_RuleLooperValue(eCart1, "Discounts"))%></td>
            </tr>
            <%
		end if
		set eCart1 = WA_eCart_Rules_MoveNext(eCart1, "Discounts")
	wend
	set eCart1 = WA_eCart_Rules_MoveFirst(eCart1, "Discounts")
end if
%>

In this code once you looping over the rule you can get it's name and value like this:

name:

<%=WA_eCart_RuleLooperName(eCart1, "Discounts")%>

value:

WA_eCart_RuleLooperValue(eCart1, "Discounts")

Thanks Eric, will give that a try :)

Update:
Perfect, thanks for your help

That is good to hear, let us know if you have any further questions.