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Chapter 1

About This Manual

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Overview

Miva Merchant is a browser-based Storefront Development and Management System. It integrates cataloging, product, fulfillment, maintenance, category management, shopping basket, order and credit card processing. The software is organized as a series of modules that can be field upgraded to provide new functionality without changes to the core system.

This manual describes the databases that are available for use by a module. It is divided into two parts.

• Core Databases
• User Interface Databases

Who Should Read This Guide

This guide is for the developer who wants to build Miva Merchant modules. The guide assumes you have a general knowledge relational databases.

Guide Organization

This guide is organized as follows:

Chapter	Description
1	About This Manual
2	Lists the content of the core databases (tables and indices) that can be used by the module developer.
3	Lists the content of the core databases (tables and indices) that can be used by the module developer.

Related Publications

For additional information about writing modules for Miva Merchant, refer to the manuals in the Miva API Developer Resources at:

http://www.miva.com/support/docs/api/.

Requirements

To use Miva Merchant on the Internet, you must have an account with an Internet Host Provider (IHP) that is Miva enabled. That means the IHP must be running Miva Empresa on the server.

Receive Support

Your Miva-enabled hosting provider usually supplies initial installation and configuration support. On-going developer and merchant support for using your Miva Merchant system is available from Miva Corporation at:

http://www.miva.com/support.

You may also send e-mail directly to install@miva.com with specific questions about support policies and procedures.