TOPIC:

I am creating a rule in Advanced Shipping by Rules (paid version) on J3 / VM3.

The rule is up to 173 lines now and when I save it, the field is blank.

Is there a maximum size?

Am I able to use the other fields if this is the case (Rule 1, then rule 2 etc).

Thanks in advance.
Brett

Dear bmm01,
VirtueMart has a restriction of ~19 000 characters for the configuration of each shipping method. That restriction is directly in VirtueMart's database table structure and cannot be worked around in a shipping plugin.
If your rules are longer, you can either split it into multiple separate methods, or you can try to simplify / combine your rules or try to move repeating code into custom definitions to shorten the rules...

Best regards,
Reinhold

Hi Reinhold

Thanks for that clarification - that will be the reason it's not saving then.

I have the following list of postcodes and for each of the following ranges, I use a separate rule so that's why I have so many lines. Maybe you can suggest a way to simplify for me:

2000 to 2077
2079 to 2310
2314 to 2327
2431 only
2440 only
2444 to 2490
2555 to 2567
2745 only
2747 to 2756
2759 to 2770
2775 only

Or maybe I will have to create multiple Shipping Methods for each of the groups.

Regards
Brett

Dear Brett,
From your description, it sounds like you should have 11 rules (one for each range). Or do you have several different cases for each of the postcode ranges?

Best regards,
Reinhold

Hi Reinhold

I have discovered the OR operator so I think I can use that to simplify my formula. I think it will get me under the 19000 limit.

Thanks for your help.
Regards
Brett

Problem solved.