Part Number in Options

I have seen this question but cant find a working sullotion
I am missing partnumber in the Option list
Ex. customer select in drop down option the T-shirt size, Small Medium or Large, and they must have different Part number, like in real life.
Am i missing something here because this is a very important thing that works fine in other webshops.
I maybe doing something wrong here if so, please point me in the right direction
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I gather that you're trying to show a SKU (as in ordinary stores). Add an attribute, populate that with SKU. In product you can add SKU. Use the Extensions button top right to look for option and attribute extensions, there are some that will probably do what you want with minimal loose feathers.

Dont think that works,,, When customer selecting ex. size in drop down list the part number must change, right?
I might be missing something here but the product code is the ID that connects the product to ex. external economy system, And if you are selling nuts and bolts you must let customer select size in a drop down list.
It must be a way to do this, this shuld be a basic function in a webshop.

I think the short answer is, it is okay. There seem to be two things going on. One is whether the customer can select the subnumber okay (as highlighted in blue in the drop-down) -- if yes, then customer can order. The other is whether the subnumber options are entirely subordinate to the product code (as ringed in red) -- if yes, then upper number should not change. The upper (red ringed) is a PRODUCT PART number, the lower (blue barred) is a PRODUCT OPTION number.

To change that would require changing the code for what displays, either from product code to product option code (but then the product code itself would not be there) or as an added line (so that both could show).

gahhh
I never had this problem before, but this shop has to many bolts that loks the same and the customers will be crazy if they see page after page with same product just different size.
So how do simmular shops solve this problem? I cant be the only one with this problem
or maybe there is no problem, its just me that cant figure out how to solve this :-(

I don't know which is worse. When I occasionally buy fasteners I expect to see them grouped, of course, and to wind my way through subchoices, so if the sea of subnumbers hides the sea of numbers I become grumpy (gotta couple the shaft lengths, diameters, and thread pitches with . . . argh, nuts, too, plus various metal, nylon, and other washers). Often enough I ignore the numbers and do it by eye with a final test of nut onto shaft. Doing that on-line would have the advantage that staff would be less likely than customers in a walk-in store are to mix stock into wrong bins. Same deal with integrated circuits (one transistor type, highly specialized, 30 makers, even suppliers booboo by the time they're delivered and in hand). What I see in your picture I could deal with happily.

One way would be to set each essential fastener option (combined shaft and nut size and thread options, sitting in one box or bin of shafts, one box or bin of nuts) as a product, with subcategories to nest them under a higher-level product number given to . . . their subcategory. A step up, an inclusive subcategory for kind of metal (steel, brass, aluminum, etc.). Above that a parent category for Hex, Allen, Button. There's also a limit in customer burnout/timeout -- before "customer go boom."

That could be kept to a dull roar by providing a numbered, fairly detailed table with choices having subnumbered, explicit choices, along with a dropdown box for the subnumber plucked from the table.

Much the same holds for automotive bulbs, etc., and for electronics components.

Extensions designed for fasteners, bulbs, components, anything with that sort of proliferation, would have the same sorts of approaches.

You can check my extension

http://www.opencart.com/index.php?route ... n_id=12268

It allows set a code sku for each option value....

Well it all would be solved if you could add part number in options for drop down list.
Ive seen it on several other web shops.
Yes butte and this is working fine this way,, the problem starts when we will connect the system to a cash register
and economy system and starting to update the products in stock,,, Its impossible i think, at least for me :-)
and flanders your extention dont change the product number in a drop down list
Well this shuld be the most basic funktion in the OC i think,
and sence there is no other way to get the part number in a drop down list i sadley have to install some other webshop
Thanks for your help

The extension linked above will do that for you and so will options boost which I use.

I check the video on Options boost and it never change product code when you change product-color in drop down list.
but since im desperat now i buy one of them and try it
Thanks

In the next my extension version I'll add option sku/model code displayed in option value row.....

ohh so actually what im asking for is not working right now on any of these extentions??, ok i wait

thanks flanders