Re: Round up prices
This WebDNA talk-list message is from 2000
It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 31326
interpreted = N
texte = on 5/3/00 6:34 AM, Mark Derrick at mark@mcm.co.uk wrote:> I'm still working on this problem, but it seems to be a deeper problem than I > first thought. > > Is it generally thought that it's right to round up when it's .xx5? or could > this be considered a bug? > > I am reluctant to spend time trying to find a workaround for this issue if > it's something that we should expect SM to fix. > > Is anybody else having the same problem, or am I just being weird! :-) > > Thanks. > > Mark. > > On Wednesday, April 26, 2000, Kenneth Grome
wrote: >>> I'm having a few problems with the way that WebCatalog is rounding off >>> prices. >>> It's only a problem when the figures end .xx5 (IE: 1291.325). >>> >>> All the programs I've come across (including the one that handles >>> all our sales order processing after it's been passed from >>> WebCatalog - ACI 4D) >>> will round this number UP, but WebCatalog rounds this DOWN. >> >> No options, that's just how it works, but you can get around this >> problem by writing custom webdna code that detects the 5 in the 3rd >> decimal place and deals with it the way you want to deal with it, >> instead of the way webcatalog deals with it. >> >> >> ================================ >> Kenneth Grome, WebDNA Consultant >> 808-737-6499 http://webdna.net >> ================================ >> >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------- >> 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 >> >> > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 > if it's .555 I would expext iit to round up to .56 .6if it's .445 I would expect it to round to .45 and then .5 though this one would likely confuse me because I'd want .44 to round down. if it's .325 I'd expect it to round to .33 and .3But that's just me, and I truly suck at math. -- It is bad luck to fall out of a thirteenth story window on a Friday. ------------------------------------------------------------- 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
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on 5/3/00 6:34 AM, Mark Derrick at mark@mcm.co.uk wrote:> I'm still working on this problem, but it seems to be a deeper problem than I > first thought. > > Is it generally thought that it's right to round up when it's .xx5? or could > this be considered a bug? > > I am reluctant to spend time trying to find a workaround for this issue if > it's something that we should expect SM to fix. > > Is anybody else having the same problem, or am I just being weird! :-) > > Thanks. > > Mark. > > On Wednesday, April 26, 2000, Kenneth Grome wrote: >>> I'm having a few problems with the way that WebCatalog is rounding off >>> prices. >>> It's only a problem when the figures end .xx5 (IE: 1291.325). >>> >>> All the programs I've come across (including the one that handles >>> all our sales order processing after it's been passed from >>> WebCatalog - ACI 4D) >>> will round this number UP, but WebCatalog rounds this DOWN. >> >> No options, that's just how it works, but you can get around this >> problem by writing custom webdna code that detects the 5 in the 3rd >> decimal place and deals with it the way you want to deal with it, >> instead of the way webcatalog deals with it. >> >> >> ================================ >> Kenneth Grome, WebDNA Consultant >> 808-737-6499 http://webdna.net >> ================================ >> >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------- >> 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 >> >> > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 > if it's .555 I would expext iit to round up to .56 .6if it's .445 I would expect it to round to .45 and then .5 though this one would likely confuse me because I'd want .44 to round down. if it's .325 I'd expect it to round to .33 and .3But that's just me, and I truly suck at math. -- It is bad luck to fall out of a thirteenth story window on a Friday. ------------------------------------------------------------- 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
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