Adding CHILD PRODUCTS from existing products to other existing products

[vicnkris]

Is it possible to make an existing product a child of another existing product without having to delete and create new child products under the parent?

Example:

These are all existing products in my virtuemart:
ABC Shave Cream
Raspberry ABC Shave Cream SKU-RAS123
Blueberry ABC Shave Cream SKU-BLU123
Apple ABC Shave Cream SKU-APP123

I want the different flavors of the shave cream to be child products of the ABC Shave Cream. Is there a way to accomplish this?

Thanks in advance for any assistance with this.

[Milbo]

This is not possible. You can do it with db hacking, but it also shows a wrong understanding of children imho.

[vicnkris]

Okay, so it isn't possible that way... Now I am using CSVI to import and am able to set up the CSV to import the products as children of another product that way.... BUT it still doesn't look how I was hoping on the frontend.

I created the custom field 'flavor' within Virtuemart. I tested the import with the file I attached hereand it imported the products, but they are four different products within virtuemart's backend as well as the frontend. I would like the users to have the dropdown of the flavors from the parent product. I thought importing this way would accomplish this... was I mistaken? Is there anyway to do this??

In another forum I was told: "The parent/child feature is severely broken in VirtueMart 2, so what you like is not possible. The closest thing to it, is to have the custom field where users can choose a flavor as option on an existing product."


SO If it is not possible... hmmm.... I am trying to think of the best way to do this then... if they order it by flavor how could I make sure the correct sku is matched with that flavor when an order is placed?

ANY help with this is greatly appreciated.

[Milbo]

We plan to repair this feature asap, when 2.0.2 is out. You did it correctly afaik. 2.0.1.c is afaik quite stable. It is the last feature we want to integrate / repair, before we start with 2.1.x.

[vicnkris]

Hi Milbo. I am checking back with you on this to see if this feature has been repaired before I download? I appreciate your assisstance.