Re: Users - Decimal quantity on orders

Posted by David E. Jones on
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Scott,

Good question... I'll defer to Jacopo on the specific fields, etc used for a BOM. I'm not sure if it has a dual-field setup like the OrderItem does.

-David


Scott Gray wrote:

> Hi David
>
> I assume this is also the case for BOM quantities? We manufacture
> apparel and i can't see how we could do without decimal quantities (ie
> Elastic Pant requires 1.3 metres of fabric)
>
> Regards
> Scott
>
> On 4/15/06, *David E. Jones* <[hidden email]
> <mailto:[hidden email]>> wrote:
>
>
>     Si, Jean-Luc,
>
>     The original intent of the quantity in the ShoppingCart and the
>     OrderItem was to use a decimal number and allow for non-integral
>     quantities. Over time we ran into a few issues and found this to not
>     be the best idea. Some of the code has been updated to only allow
>     for integer values for the quantity field, but it is still a decimal
>     value in the database.
>
>     For things that need an amount like this specified we are using the
>     "amount" field. There is a flag on the Product entity to specify
>     whether or not the product should ask for an amount in addition to
>     the quantity (for example: 8 2x4s, 8.5ft each, quantity=8,
>     amount=8.5). The field on the OrderItem where the amount goes is
>     called "selectedAmount".
>
>     -David
>
>
>     Si Chen wrote:
>      > What happens when you try to do this?  The field is a decimal, so it
>      > should be OK.  Si
>      >
>      > mjeanluc wrote:
>      >> Hi,
>      >>
>      >> For the moment, we can't make an order item entry with decimal
>     quantity.
>      >> Is there a reason of that ? and is there another solution to manage
>      >> decmal quantity on orders ?
>      >>
>      >> Thanks for your answers.
>      >>
>      >> Jean-Luc.
>      >>
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