>>>>Hi,
>>>>
>>>>using MM.NET 2.6, C#, ASP.NET, SSRS
>>>>
>>>>I have a Policy Business Object which has a method to calculate the Date the policy has been paid up to (this is done by totalling the number of premium payments that have been received). I need to display this date (as well as another calculated date: the date the next premium is/was due) on a report in SSRS.
>>>>
>>>>How should I approach this? Add Paid To Date and Next Premium Due date fields onto the Policy table? I don't like this way because of the possibility of things getting out of sync, but if there's no other way...
>>>
>>>There are a few possibilities.
>>>
>>>1. Create a view (or SP or table-valued inline function) that will get your dates.
>>>
>>>2. If these dates are used very often, add computed columns to your table.
>>
>>Thanks Naomi,
>>
>>this is my code in the BO:
>>
>>
public DateTime CalculatePaidToDate()
>> {
>> // get all premiums paid
>> DataSet dsPremiumsPaid = this.GetPremiumsPaid(this.Entity.PolicyHeaderFK);
>>
>> // work out paid to date based on issued date and premium mode
>> // Monthly, Quarterly, Semi-Annually, Annually
>> DateTime dt = DateTime.MinValue;
>> int monthsToAdd = 0;
>> if (this.Entity.IssueDate != null && dsPremiumsPaid.Tables["PremiumsPaidList"].Rows.Count > 0)
>> {
>> dt = (DateTime)this.Entity.IssueDate;
>>
>> for (int i = 0; i < dsPremiumsPaid.Tables["PremiumsPaidList"].Rows.Count; i++)
>> {
>> Int16 numberOfPremiums = Int16.Parse(dsPremiumsPaid.Tables["PremiumsPaidList"].Rows[i]["NumberOfPremiums"].ToString());
>> if (this.Entity.PremiumMode == "Monthly")
>> monthsToAdd += 1 * numberOfPremiums;
>> if (this.Entity.PremiumMode == "Quarterly")
>> monthsToAdd += 3 * numberOfPremiums;
>> if (this.Entity.PremiumMode == "Semi-Annually")
>> monthsToAdd += 6 * numberOfPremiums;
>> if (this.Entity.PremiumMode == "Annually")
>> monthsToAdd += 12 * numberOfPremiums;
>> }
>> }
>> return dt.AddMonths(monthsToAdd);
>> }
>>>>
>>Is it easy to do this as a computed column?
>
>Yes, of course. Using CASE expression and DATEADD fnction.
OK, I'll see if I can work it out. Thanks
