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Smith
Smith

Reputation: 5961

store/select monetory values (credit/debit) mysql

I am storing monetary values in mysql database. a credit is stored as say 20.00 while a debit is stored as -5.00. and then whew i need the current balance i so a 

Select Sum(amount)

which in this case give me 15.00

example table 1

uid  amt
1    20
1    -5

example table 2

uid  amt type
1    20   crd
1    5    dbt

Then in the case of a history of accounts, i can just 

select * from amount

Because this is monitory values, and since database systems like mysql depreciates features every now and then i am afraid if this is the right way to do things, i also thought of adding another field which may indicate the type of transaction like

crd for credit
dbt for debit
etc

what would be your suggestions/the best way to do this?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 782

Answers (1)

Explosion Pills
Explosion Pills

Reputation: 191749

It would make a lot more sense to me to store the data as it is (i.e. be explicit) and use a negative number. Should you use an unsigned decimal and store the type, you can still do it though.

SELECT SUM(IF(type = 'dbt', -1 * amount, amount))

Upvotes: 2

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