#@ UPDATE_CART
sub update_cart
{
my ($cart_ref, $item_id, $qty) = @_;

    update ($cart_ref->{$item_id}->{qty} = $qty);
}
#@ UPDATE_CART
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That boils down to something like this if $qty is 2

update(2);
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That may be a source of problems but I don't see the update method in your scratchpad.

-derby

Hi Derby, I have another bit of code that calls the update subroutine. It is in the beginning of the code. It begins like this: elsif ($choice eq "update") # update shopping cart The current subroutine that is written, using your example of 2 quantities, will change all the items in the shopping cart to 2 quantities. So, I know that the subroutine is the source of the problem. I just don't have enough Perl knowledge to fix it. I'm very new to Perl programming. I'm learning as I'm going. Any help you can give will be greatly appreciated. -Helen

Helen,

The part up front is this, correct?

elsif ($choice eq "update")            # update shopping cart
{
    update_cart ($cart_ref,  param("quantity"));
    $page .= format_cart_html ($cart_ref, 1);
}
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Your upfront conditional calls the update_cart method (subroutine if you prefer), which in turn calls the method update.

sub update_cart
{
my ($cart_ref, $item_id, $qty) = @_;

    update ($cart_ref->{$item_id}->{qty} = $qty);
}
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That piece of code makes the assignment $cart_ref->{$item_id}->{qty} = $qty and then calls update with the value of $cart_ref->{$item_id}->{qty}. What I still don't see in your scratchpad is the subroutine "update." Is it part of your WebDB module or did you forget to include it. Somewhere in your code should be something like this:

sub update {
   # a bunch of code
}
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update: And err, you call update_cart and send it only two vars, $cart_ref and quantity; however, in the update_cart method, you say there are three parameters, $cart_ref, $item_id and $qty - thats a problem. -derby

Please try to narrow it down to the problem areas and post the code. Otherwise, I get paid for that sort of thing ;-)

After Compline,
Zaxo

Hi Zaxo, You can view the code in my scratchpad under hbradshaw. Thanks