Re: Discounts
This WebDNA talk-list message is from 2002
It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 46460
interpreted = N
texte = Donovan,I should have specified that these are per-item sale prices calculated as a percentage of the original price. It sounds like the formulas.db route is in my best interest, true? On 12/20/02 10:51 AM, Donovan
wrote:> Depends on what type of discounts. > > You can do grand total discounts pretty easily by adding a grand total > product > to the database with a price of 0. Then you can setlineitem the price > after going through your grand total code. > > You can do tabled discounts (discounts specified in the products.db) per > product within the formulas.db pretty nicely. > > probably between those two methods this will cover most of your discount > needs. > > There will be some catches you will notice... These will be things like > removing > the discounts from the lineitems when going back to shop and reassessing the > tabled discounts everytime the lineitems are edited. (added to, updated and/or > deleted). > > cheers, > Donovan > > Clint Davis wrote: > >> Is the preferred method for applying discounts to use the formulas.db to >> calculate a new price or to override the price in the [AddLineItem] context? --------------------------------------------------------------------- Clint Davis Webmaster / Interactive Media Specialist Gray Loon Marketing Group, Inc. http://www.grayloon.com 204 Main Street | Evansville, IN 47708 | Phone:812-422-9999 --------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/
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Donovan,I should have specified that these are per-item sale prices calculated as a percentage of the original price. It sounds like the formulas.db route is in my best interest, true? On 12/20/02 10:51 AM, Donovan wrote:> Depends on what type of discounts. > > You can do grand total discounts pretty easily by adding a grand total > product > to the database with a price of 0. Then you can setlineitem the price > after going through your grand total code. > > You can do tabled discounts (discounts specified in the products.db) per > product within the formulas.db pretty nicely. > > probably between those two methods this will cover most of your discount > needs. > > There will be some catches you will notice... These will be things like > removing > the discounts from the lineitems when going back to shop and reassessing the > tabled discounts everytime the lineitems are edited. (added to, updated and/or > deleted). > > cheers, > Donovan > > Clint Davis wrote: > >> Is the preferred method for applying discounts to use the formulas.db to >> calculate a new price or to override the price in the [addlineitem] context? --------------------------------------------------------------------- Clint Davis Webmaster / Interactive Media Specialist Gray Loon Marketing Group, Inc. http://www.grayloon.com 204 Main Street | Evansville, IN 47708 | Phone:812-422-9999 --------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/
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