What happens to discontinued products?

[bcsteeve]

So... in my previous shopping cart software, I saw that all order retained a record of exactly what was ordered in the database, rather than just a reference to the product ID.  It appears at first glance, that PrestaShop retains just the ID of what was purchased.

 

So I'm wondering what happens to discontinued products.

Here's a scenario/example:

 

Johnny buys an Apple from my store.  [database logs that he bought id_product=4]

A week later, I stop selling Apples.  [delete product from Products section]

Come tax time, Johnny wants to print an invoice for the Apple that he bought.

WHAT DOES HIS INVOICE SAY??

 

is there a mechanism in Presashop to retain the info on a discontinued/deleted product?

 

 

In my old shop, it really wasn't an issue because I simply moved products into a "discontinued" category where I could (or not, by preference) have it disabled from view to the customer but also to me in the back end.  IE. under stock management, etc, I wouldn't see discontinued products.  In prestashop, I quickly realized that the Advanced Stock Management system shows me my hundreds of discontinued products!  So I'm considering deleting these items, but what about old customer orders

 

FYI:  I spent a week migrating all my old order data to the database specifically so customers would be able to look up past invoices.

 

Thanks for the insight!