I hope this is not the wrong list for this type of question...
I'm about to start development on a small app to track employee leave and
vacation time. Based on a simple formula, each employee gets x number of
days at the end of each month. x is a function of time-in-service and
employee type:
Jimmie,
> I hope this is not the wrong list for this type of question...
Nope. You're come to *exactly* the right list.
>
> I'm about to start development on a small app to track employee leave
> and
> vacation time. Based on a simple formula, each employee gets x
> number of
> days at the e
Thanks for your response,
> Actually, I can think of at least 3 different approaches.
> What's "best"
> depends on:
>
> 1) your control over the data structure (e.g. can you add an
> "employee_history" table?)
> 2) What changes to leave time calcualtions do you want to be
> time-bound,
> That
Jimmie,
> Thanks for your response,
You're welcome.
> What you are saying here is that I will indeed need an external timed
> event
> (cron) to update a field/history table of some fashion, correct?
> This is my
> main question.
Yes. Absolutely you will. Unless, of course, your users are alr