Comments for Fresh Squeezed Juice http://www.omnisubsole.com/blog Ramblings, musings and code Fri, 05 Feb 2010 21:11:23 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 Comment on Configurable Products in Magento by juice http://www.omnisubsole.com/blog/2009/07/01/configurable-products-in-magento.html/comment-page-1#comment-95 juice Fri, 05 Feb 2010 21:11:23 +0000 http://www.omnisubsole.com/blog/?p=35#comment-95 What version of magento are you using? The code was tested with 1.3.2.2 but I have not run it against 1.4rc. I'd double check to make sure all the attribute_ids are correct; the attribute_ids in the sample code are specific to my store. What version of magento are you using? The code was tested with 1.3.2.2 but I have not run it against 1.4rc. I’d double check to make sure all the attribute_ids are correct; the attribute_ids in the sample code are specific to my store.

]]> Comment on Configurable Products in Magento by Gregory http://www.omnisubsole.com/blog/2009/07/01/configurable-products-in-magento.html/comment-page-1#comment-94 Gregory Fri, 05 Feb 2010 21:00:56 +0000 http://www.omnisubsole.com/blog/?p=35#comment-94 This script works for me, almost. It adds the simple and configurable products into Magento, but when I go to edit configurable product, I get this error: Fatal error: Call to a member function getId() on a non-object in C:\xampp\htdocs\wmishops\magento\app\code\core\Mage\Catalog\Model\Product\Type\Configurable.php on line 222 For some reason the protected property '_data' array key 'product_attribute' is not being set. Any idea on what I am doing wrong? This script works for me, almost. It adds the simple and configurable products into Magento, but when I go to edit configurable product, I get this error:

Fatal error: Call to a member function getId() on a non-object in C:\xampp\htdocs\wmishops\magento\app\code\core\Mage\Catalog\Model\Product\Type\Configurable.php on line 222

For some reason the protected property ‘_data’ array key ‘product_attribute’ is not being set.

Any idea on what I am doing wrong?

]]> Comment on Configurable Products in Magento by Thomas http://www.omnisubsole.com/blog/2009/07/01/configurable-products-in-magento.html/comment-page-1#comment-93 Thomas Mon, 30 Nov 2009 21:50:28 +0000 http://www.omnisubsole.com/blog/?p=35#comment-93 Can you use the script for creating bundled products as well? Can you use the script for creating bundled products as well?

]]> Comment on Configurable Products in Magento by Mike http://www.omnisubsole.com/blog/2009/07/01/configurable-products-in-magento.html/comment-page-1#comment-83 Mike Wed, 21 Oct 2009 13:32:58 +0000 http://www.omnisubsole.com/blog/?p=35#comment-83 Brian, I did notice the categorization took a bit longer. We have moved back to using the API at this point, as there are just too many tables that need to be updated for a configurable product insert. The code was unmaintainable, and the speed increase was becoming negligible. Brian,
I did notice the categorization took a bit longer.

We have moved back to using the API at this point, as there are just too many tables that need to be updated for a configurable product insert. The code was unmaintainable, and the speed increase was becoming negligible.

]]> Comment on Configurable Products in Magento by Brian http://www.omnisubsole.com/blog/2009/07/01/configurable-products-in-magento.html/comment-page-1#comment-69 Brian Sun, 11 Oct 2009 02:34:05 +0000 http://www.omnisubsole.com/blog/?p=35#comment-69 Does 75 per minute include categorization? I've noticed that it's not creation, but categorization that takes a real long time. How did you manage around that? Does 75 per minute include categorization? I’ve noticed that it’s not creation, but categorization that takes a real long time. How did you manage around that?

]]> Comment on About by Brian http://www.omnisubsole.com/blog/about/comment-page-1#comment-68 Brian Sun, 11 Oct 2009 01:42:52 +0000 http://www.omnisubsole.com/blog/?page_id=2#comment-68 First of all, I want to thank you for your blog. It was immensely helpful (especially creating products without using Magento's built in API). It was very generous of you to post your hard worked code. I was wondering if you had any more codes that you were willing to share with public, that you just havent done yet. First of all, I want to thank you for your blog. It was immensely helpful (especially creating products without using Magento’s built in API). It was very generous of you to post your hard worked code.

I was wondering if you had any more codes that you were willing to share with public, that you just havent done yet.

]]> Comment on Configurable Products in Magento by Mike http://www.omnisubsole.com/blog/2009/07/01/configurable-products-in-magento.html/comment-page-1#comment-63 Mike Thu, 08 Oct 2009 13:51:06 +0000 http://www.omnisubsole.com/blog/?p=35#comment-63 As expected, it is indeed MUCH faster with direct queries, albeit a bit of a headache. The same 500 product import now takes about 8 seconds. As expected, it is indeed MUCH faster with direct queries, albeit a bit of a headache. The same 500 product import now takes about 8 seconds.

]]> Comment on Configurable Products in Magento by juice http://www.omnisubsole.com/blog/2009/07/01/configurable-products-in-magento.html/comment-page-1#comment-62 juice Thu, 08 Oct 2009 13:41:23 +0000 http://www.omnisubsole.com/blog/?p=35#comment-62 For simple products, I load ~75 per minute; for configurable products, its about the same rate but seems slower since you have to create multiple simple prodcuts for each configurable product. I believe the perfomance issues are indeed related to Magent's data model. It allows for a lot of flexibility but that same flexibility undermines performance. There are several posts on the magento boards dealing with using direct sql queries to create products. Doing it that way may be faster but I haven't tried it yet. For simple products, I load ~75 per minute; for configurable products, its about the same rate but seems slower since you have to create multiple simple prodcuts for each configurable product. I believe the perfomance issues are indeed related to Magent’s data model. It allows for a lot of flexibility but that same flexibility undermines performance. There are several posts on the magento boards dealing with using direct sql queries to create products. Doing it that way may be faster but I haven’t tried it yet.

]]> Comment on Configurable Products in Magento by Mike http://www.omnisubsole.com/blog/2009/07/01/configurable-products-in-magento.html/comment-page-1#comment-61 Mike Thu, 08 Oct 2009 13:24:30 +0000 http://www.omnisubsole.com/blog/?p=35#comment-61 juice, Have you run into any performance issues using the DB model to create products? I came across your post and tried using this method, but unfortunately it ended up being too slow to be feasible (15 minutes for 500 products). I'm wondering if there is perhaps an underlying issue with the Magento DB model as far as efficiency, or something else I missed bogging things down. juice,
Have you run into any performance issues using the DB model to create products?

I came across your post and tried using this method, but unfortunately it ended up being too slow to be feasible (15 minutes for 500 products). I’m wondering if there is perhaps an underlying issue with the Magento DB model as far as efficiency, or something else I missed bogging things down.

]]> Comment on Configurable Products in Magento by juice http://www.omnisubsole.com/blog/2009/07/01/configurable-products-in-magento.html/comment-page-1#comment-44 juice Tue, 22 Sep 2009 11:31:20 +0000 http://www.omnisubsole.com/blog/?p=35#comment-44 I had to load 300K+ products. The API was just to slow. I believe I saw posts on the Magento boards about using the API to create configurable products. I had to load 300K+ products. The API was just to slow. I believe I saw posts on the Magento boards about using the API to create configurable products.

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