Re: variable number of items in one table

2007-02-28 Thread mike
Found this answer and seems to work. $sum = 0; foreach($result as $row) { $sum += $row['price']; } Thanks Mariano On Feb 28, 1:39 pm, "mike" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thanks very much fo the reply. > > I currently have the simple code below printing out of the values in > Orderlin

Re: variable number of items in one table

2007-02-28 Thread mike
Thanks very much fo the reply. I currently have the simple code below printing out of the values in Orderlines. foreach ($item as $index=>$row) { $price = $row['price']; $qty = $row['qty']; $total = $price*$qty; echo $price; echo $qty; echo $total; } What I'd like to do next is add all $tot

Re: variable number of items in one table

2007-02-26 Thread djiize
either you foreach the $data['Order']['Orderline'] and calculate the sum of (price * quantity) or either you add a sum field in your orders table thats is modified when you add/edit/delete an orderline (maybe by an afterSave callback) On 26 fév, 18:54, "mike" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have s

Re: variable number of items in one table

2007-02-26 Thread mike
I have searched this board high and low and cannot find a solution to this problem On Feb 26, 12:24 pm, "mike" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have setup table relations so that Order brings in Orderlines, but > this leads me to another problem. I somehow need to total the order > but this isn't a

Re: variable number of items in one table

2007-02-26 Thread mike
I have setup table relations so that Order brings in Orderlines, but this leads me to another problem. I somehow need to total the order but this isn't as easy as I first thought. I'm wondering if anyone can give any help on how to do this, probably a for loop i would think? Thanks very much any

Re: variable number of items in one table

2007-02-25 Thread mike
Hi, Thanks for the advise. In that case I'd have to have a form that wrote to both order and Orderlines tables?? On Feb 24, 8:28 pm, "djiize" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi > > you need another table, call it orderlines for instance, with these > fields: > order_id > item_id > quantity > ... an

Re: variable number of items in one table

2007-02-24 Thread djiize
Hi you need another table, call it orderlines for instance, with these fields: order_id item_id quantity ... and maybe some more and a belongsTo Order association When you retrieve an Order, you'll get its Orderlines too On 24 fév, 16:18, "mike" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi all, > > I have a

variable number of items in one table

2007-02-24 Thread mike
Hi all, I have a small problem and wonder if I could get some advice on the best way to overcome it. What I want is an orders table where I can input data such as items, order reference, notes, delivery date etc. The table will be linked to a customer table. What I'm stuck on however if the best