Multiple Combinations: Using 8 Different Groups with a lot of atributes

[J. R. Leon Somovilla]

I need to use more or less 8 different groups, so when i used the combination generator, make about 8.000 combinations, and don´t work at the back-end, and de front-end.

If i used only 6 differents groups, about 6000 combinations, works at the front-end, but not at the back-end, when you go to combinations page of the product, is all in white, and i can´t make any change ;-).

Anybody had this problem in the past, and have the solution? ;-).

Thanks for all!.

J.R. León

[tomerg3]

This is a known Prestashop problem, it’s not a question of indexing, but rather design.

The current attribute structure (creating a physical combination) is not scalable at all, if you create more than 1000-3000 combinations, you will run into memory or db issues.

The only way to overcome this is to bypass the default attribute combination structure, you can either customize it yourself / hire someone for it, or you can try out my Attribute Wizard Pro module http://www.prestashop.com/forums/viewthread/47363/ which does just that and much more.

[J. R. Leon Somovilla]

The problem is that my boss prefered a free solution, and me too ;-).

So be sure, that your module will be there, but first i will have to fight to lost a free module, or a solution ;-).

I was thinking about to make the combinations with flex (that´s my really language, sorry as3 better xdxd), and overrided the prize, but i have to make this to yesterday...

Thanks sir!.

[tomerg3]

Me three...

I was in a similar situation, I was working on a glasses site (lensesrx.com) and was about 80% done with everything, when I noticed that it cannot handle the number of attributes I needed.

I was lucky, since I had a mod I made in the past ("Special Instructions" also on my site), which I used to bypass the prestashop attribute.
That mod took about 14 hours to write (it was the second modification I even made to prestashop), and probably another good 10 hours to get it working on the glasses site.

There was a lot of hard coding there, and it was not hooked up to stock, and was very customized.

I then spent about a month turning it into a module that can be used for many other purposes and gives you a lot of flexibility.

I also came across someone who wanted to hire me for a similar customization, he ended up going with another company (I think in India), 2 months later they were still trying to figure out how to get it working for him.

I'm all for creating your own software, in fact that's what I do most of the time, but sometimes it's just not worth the time....

[J. R. Leon Somovilla]

Oh, my god!, the atribute works at your site: lensesrx.com, is perfect headache.

My problem is that php is my hobby xd and AS3, my work ;-). With prestashop is easier, because have .tpl, in which you can change things with similar conditionals like actionscript or javascript. So i don´t have problems to change things, but i´m really tired to write modules from the began...

So..., i continues working on it, and be sure, that when i go down, i will take my boss´s Visa xdxd.

Best regards from Spain,