RE: Re: 2007 UPS Rates will not be available on the web

On Tue, 20 Mar 2007, Norton, Gary wrote:

>> Thank you for your request. Unfortunately I am not
able to send you the 
>> requested information through email. However, it is
avail for you to 
>> download on www.worldship.ups.com. Or, if you would
prefer, we can 
>> order a copy for you. I sincerely apologize for the
late response.
>>
>> If we may assist you in the future, please don~Rt
hesitate to contact 
>> us.
>>
>> Bethany Satterfield
>> UPS Preferred Customer Team
>> 1-800-377-4877
>> pcateam5501ups.com
>
> I looked at the Worldship application and the files
they mentioned are 
> not there. It seemed to be a separate application with
ODBC integration. 
> Is anyone familiar with it, and is that the direction
we need to go for 
> future integration?

WorldShip is UPS's Windows client application for weighing
packages, 
scanning barcodes, and sending them batch shipment
information. It 
integrates with external databases via ODBC and can fetch
shipment 
information and send tracking numbers back to the database.

We've integrated it with PostgreSQL for a couple of our
clients, and it's 
fairly straightforward. We use views and a separate database
user to 
control what it can see and change, and to have it
automatically change 
the status of orders from "shipping" to
"shipped" when the user finishes a 
batch in WorldShip. It works fine, but I'd prefer not
integrating with a 
Windows application.

WorldShip is not new, and I've seen no indication it's going
to replace 
other options. If anything, I think UPS probably wants to
steer people to 
its web services/XML integration options. They probably
aren't excited 
about handing out rate files anymore since it makes it
harder for them to 
change things, and know who's using them. I'd guess that the
customer 
service person who wrote to you didn't even know the
old-style rate files 
still exist.

Jon

--
Jon Jensen
End Point Corporation
http://www.endpoint.com/

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