VbzCart/docs/tables/cat supp

About

• Purpose: catalog suppliers (i.e. manufacturers, wholesalers)
• Future:
  • Fields which may be added later (or maybe they should be in a separate table):
    • MinCostPerOrd - currency -- supplier's minimum order, dollar amount
    • MinQtyPerDesign - int(4) -- supplier's default minimum order per design (can be overridden for specific Titles)
  • Additional contact data should probably be wiki-based. We'll have a namespace for vbz catalog data, probably "vbzcat:", and supplier information will be stored in pages named something like "vbzcat:lb.page", "vbzcat:lb.address", "vbzcat:lb.phone", and so on.
  • There are additional fields in the Access version of this table, but they will be added only when it becomes clear that they are necessary and that there isn't someplace better for them to go.
  • view "suppliers" was a temporary alias of cat_supp but I've renamed it (2008-12-06); anything still using it should use cat_supp instead

SQL

<section begin=sql /><mysql>CREATE TABLE `cat_supp` (

  `ID` INT  NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
  `Name`     VARCHAR(64) COMMENT 'name of supplier as displayed',
  `CatKey`   VARCHAR(4) COMMENT 'unique code, used for building catalog numbers',
  `isActive` BOOL COMMENT 'if FALSE, hide from casual listings',
  `Notes`    TEXT COMMENT "Human-entered notes about this supplier, for quick reference",
  PRIMARY KEY(`ID`)
)
ENGINE = MYISAM;</mysql>

<section end=sql />