future product costs

  • Hi

    i am developing a small db which has the following requirement...

    A product cost can be created for a future year/month. All transaction before that date use the current cost. All transaction after that date will use the new cost.

    If i have my product table with a cost field in how do i create a table that uses the above rule? i.e. the cost will change based on future cost changes.

    hope that makes sense.

    Thanks

  • A typical Price Master table would look like the one below:

    Product ID--------Price------From Date-------To Date

    P001-------------100-------1/1/2013---------12/31/2013

    P001-------------150-------1/1/2014---------12/31/2014

    P001-------------175-------1/1/2015---------

    Your logic would pick up the Price based on the current date residing between From Date and To Date.

  • So with the current table you need to have two more columns From Date and To Date.

    Else have a new table as Price Master as detailed above.

    Let me know if this meets your requirements.

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