--- Richi Watts [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi,
Could someone explain to me how this could be done? I have seen
something similar using Access on a local machine and would like to
know if it is posible to do it in PHP and Mysql
In a project management web based applicaton using PHP and Mysql I
would need to allow the user to create
Quote
Project
Customer
Supplier
Invoice
Each time one of the above will be created it needs to be assigned
an autonumber. So If 3 quotes were created today each quote would
receive an autonumber, maybe something like the fllowing:
yy/MM/dd-01
yy/MM/dd-02
yy/MM/dd-03
Creating the autonumber isn't the problem if I want to have a set
way of numbering, however, is it possible for me to allow the user
to enter a setup page or something and define the way the
autonumbers will look like and be created for quotes, projects,
customers, suppliers or invoice.
let's say I have five Project Managers each working with a seperate
version of the app. The app currently sets each new project created
with a default autonumber (let's say yy/MM/dd-01, -02, 03 and so
on), however, each Project Manager wants their database to number
new projects differently:
PM1 = yy/MM/dd-a
PM2 = dd/MM/yy-01
PM3= YY- (Number being the amount of projects this year)
PM4 = PROJ- (Number being the amount of projects ever)
PM5 = P-yyMMdd1
Instead of me creating a different application for each project
manager can I allow them to setup their own number system in a set
up page?
Many thanks for any ideas
Richi
I'd suggest not mixing display with data storage. That is, use
MySQL's autoincrement function to give each row in the table a unique
ID. Then have a prefix/suffix combo for each proect manager. So if
they want their numbering to be Fred's project #234 for this year,
the prefix could be Fred's project # and the suffix would be for
this year. You could have variables in there as well, and you can do
number- text translation if necessary (a,b,c rather than 1,2,3). But
do the translation in the application (or your query), not within the
database.
That way if a project manager takes over another one's work, you
don't need to change the data, just the function that handles the
numbering schemes.
=
Mark Weinstock
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