how do i build a shooping cart

i have a project for school and i have to build a shopping cart can anyone tell me how to do this thank you?

You need a database server like MySQL to store all the items you want to sell, and a language like php which partners well with it. I suggest you use php anyway. It is kind of a complex task which I don't think can be coded for you here. You're better finding out about it yourself.
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the wheel?

Your teacher, should agree with this, its pointless to reinvent the wheel...

Now don't get me wrong here, this is probably a project that your teacher wants you to try/do so that you get your hands dirty (that is code wise) but a great way to learn (to some extent) is to see code and *trace* it.

My suggestion is to find a *free* shopping cart built using asp on the web that comes with source code and *even* the database. Everything for free, downloadable.

Study it, trace it, make some Response.Write in areas you don't fully understand. Test the shopping cart.

The good thing about this project is that it touches many different things/levels such as:

-Server Side scripting
-Client Side scripting
-Database
-ADO
-Session/Application variables
-Cookies
-and what not...so its a fun project for school

Again, don't get me wrong here, don't just get a free one + source code and give it to your teacher so you can get an A+

Get the free source code so that you can study it and then build your own from scratch.

That's my own 2 cents.

Hope this helps!
Sincerely

Vlince

If you can wait a week Builder.com should have an article on an ASP/XML based shopping cart that works in Internet Explorer and Mozilla. It does everything right up until the database access. Hope this helps.