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Thread: Gift Card Serial Number

  1. 09-23-2009, 11:51 AM #1
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    Is there anything sacred about the serial number generated with a gift card? Can I change it (shorten) without any repercussions? Thanks in advance!
  2. 09-23-2009, 12:10 PM #2
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    There shouldn't be any problems with changing those.
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  3. 09-23-2009, 12:45 PM #3
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    Just make sure the numbers are unique and not easily guessed... Eg. a sequential number would not be a good idea, since if I have card number 12345, I could probably guess 12346 and 12347 pretty easily, and use other peoples' gift cards.
  4. 01-22-2010, 10:16 AM #4
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    Is there a way to have the email gift card issue something other than a guid? I see where manually i can set it to what ever i want but when then cart generates it is a little long.

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  5. 01-25-2010, 12:50 AM #5
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    Well, you could create an email-type gift card on the Admin: Gift Card Management and change the serial number field to your desired series of character instead of using the auto-generated GUID...
  6. 01-25-2010, 06:47 AM #6
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    Is there a way to automate this or does this require the source to modify the routine?

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  7. 01-25-2010, 04:37 PM #7
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    Well, yes, that would require a modification on the GiftCard class, instead of using GUID, you could use the built-in Random class...