Order number VS Order ID

[rosen4o]

Is it possible to use Order ID instead  Order number on order management???

[Milbo]

no. The order_id is an internal number which should never be used outside, there will exist plugins so that you can use your own order_number.

[Bruce Morgan]

Is there any work being done on the plug-ins you mention?  I need to retain the old order numbers plus have VM continue the numerical sequence OR create a new one that makes sense.

Bruce

[Milbo]

Hmmm I did parts of the plugin. Write me a pn, please

[knutmw]

How is it going whit the plugin? have VM 2.0.12e
And can't find the plugin anywere, but it is much needed.
Hope to hear that it can be downloaded from a place.

[reinhold]

I have now created such a plugin, which allows the shop owner to change the order number, order password and invoice number at will:
http://open-tools.net/virtuemart-2-extensions/40-vm2-ordernumber.html

The format is given as a text string, where [...] is understood as a variable and replaced by its value (e.g. [year] by the current year).

The running counter is indicated by #. The counter can be configured to be global (e.g. not reset each year/month/..) or a separate counter for each year/month/...
If you only want the order number as a running count, the format is simply '#' (without the quotes). If you want to prefix the order/invoice numbers by the year or year+month then the format it simply '[year]-#' or '[year2][month]#'... If you want the invoice number to be the same as the order number (this might not fulfill some legal requirements about invoices having successive numbers!), you can simply use '[orderNumber]'.
There are many more possibilities in the plugin!

I hope you like the plugin and it does what you need.