Order ID

Thank you for all your help so far with bits and pieces - am almost there!
One final (I think) question:
How do I change the Order ID? It is set to use the sessionID at the minute and that is much too long a number if anyone has a query. I have looked on the forums and tried to follow some of the answers but I keep getting lost somewhere along the line.
Thanks
Nick

If you are storing the order in the database then the "Store Cart Summary in Database" server behavior has a "Save As" value that specifies the Session variable name that stores the OrderID from the database. This will be a much smaller number and can be replaced in the receipt pages and email.

Ray, thanks for the reply. Sorry, I should have mentioned I am not using a database. Is there a way to change it when not using the database?

What do you want to change it to? You can change it, but I'm not sure what you would use.

Ray - thanks for getting back.

I really just want to make it a bit simpler - at the minute it's about 13 digits/letters long and wanted to simplify it down to maybe 7 or 8

You could pair it down to just the last 7 characters of the same number. Instead of

<?php echo(session_id()); ?>

you could use:

<?php echo(substr(session_id(),-7)); ?>

That would get you just the last 7 characters of that same string. It wouldn't be guaranteed unique, but probably close enough.