Is it OK to add fromDate and thruDate to FixedAssetIdent entity

[Anil Patel]

Is it ok to add fromDate and thruDate to FixedAssetIdent entity? I know it
may sound weird but our users like to reuse their internal Id for a
fixedAsset after a fixedAsset has reached endOfLife.

Regards
Anil Patel

[David E Jones-2]

I don't know... that sounds like a pretty bad practice to me. You  
would never know for sure which item you're dealing with...

 From a modeling perspective reusing an ID should be fine because  
those IDs are not guaranteed to be unique or anything. Still would  
you need a from/thru date for this? Would reusing the ID without the  
from/thru date work? Based on what you describe a thruDate would  
actually be redundant because it should be the same as the end of  
life date for the FixedAsset.

-David


On Dec 18, 2006, at 2:39 PM, Anil Patel wrote:

> Is it ok to add fromDate and thruDate to FixedAssetIdent entity? I  
> know it
> may sound weird but our users like to reuse their internal Id for a
> fixedAsset after a fixedAsset has reached endOfLife.
>
> Regards
> Anil Patel

[Anil Patel]

Makes sense
David, Thanks for your help.

Regards
Anil Patel


On 12/18/06, David E Jones <[hidden email]> wrote:

>
>
> I don't know... that sounds like a pretty bad practice to me. You
> would never know for sure which item you're dealing with...
>
> From a modeling perspective reusing an ID should be fine because
> those IDs are not guaranteed to be unique or anything. Still would
> you need a from/thru date for this? Would reusing the ID without the
> from/thru date work? Based on what you describe a thruDate would
> actually be redundant because it should be the same as the end of
> life date for the FixedAsset.
>
> -David
>
>
> On Dec 18, 2006, at 2:39 PM, Anil Patel wrote:
>
> > Is it ok to add fromDate and thruDate to FixedAssetIdent entity? I
> > know it
> > may sound weird but our users like to reuse their internal Id for a
> > fixedAsset after a fixedAsset has reached endOfLife.
> >
> > Regards
> > Anil Patel
>
>

[Andrew Ballantine]

Re-using the internal id is really bad practice, because you will be
deleting the old data and will therefore loose your history. When the
auditor comes and asks for details of your end of life assets you will be in
trouble.

As a general principle for business, data should never be deleted, but
should be superseded. Even a cursory glance will show that ofbiz follows
that principle.

Sometimes we have to guide our client/customer back to the true path.

Hope that helps.

Kind regards,

Andrew Ballantine.

-----Original Message-----
From: Anil Patel [mailto:[hidden email]]
Sent: 18 December 2006 21:39
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Subject: Is it OK to add fromDate and thruDate to FixedAssetIdent entity


Is it ok to add fromDate and thruDate to FixedAssetIdent entity? I know it
may sound weird but our users like to reuse their internal Id for a
fixedAsset after a fixedAsset has reached endOfLife.

Regards
Anil Patel

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