Round in steps of 6. For example: 6 - 12 - 18 - 24 ....

Question

Hello,
I have the following problem:
I'm programming a tool, where people can order meals + drinks.
It should only be possible to order one kind of drink in steps of 5. For Example: Coca Cola only in 5 - 10 - 15 - ... and so on
This works well with: intQuantity := ROUND((v_bestell_pos.QUANTITY)/5)*5+5;
Now I have some drinks, which should only be possible to order in steps of 6: For example if I order 10 it should round to 12.
Is this possible? Is there any formula I can use for this problem?
Thanks soooo much,
Lisa :-)

Answer 1

LisaG wrote:
Hello,
I have the following problem:
I'm programming a tool, where people can order meals + drinks.
It should only be possible to order one kind of drink in steps of 5. For Example: Coca Cola only in 5 - 10 - 15 - ... and so on
This works well with: intQuantity := ROUND((v_bestell_pos.QUANTITY)/5)*5+5;
Now I have some drinks, which should only be possible to order in steps of 6: For example if I order 10 it should round to 12.
Is this possible? Is there any formula I can use for this problem?
Thanks soooo much,
Lisa :-)I would go for something using CEIL myself...
SQL> ed
Wrote file afiedt.buf
  1  with t as (select rownum as order_quantity from dual connect by rownum <= 20)
  2  --
  3  select order_quantity
  4        ,ceil(order_quantity/5)*5 as "cola"
  5        ,ceil(order_quantity/6)*6 as "other"
  6* from t
SQL> /
ORDER_QUANTITY       cola      other
             1          5          6
             2          5          6
             3          5          6
             4          5          6
             5          5          6
             6         10          6
             7         10         12
             8         10         12
             9         10         12
            10         10         12
            11         15         12
            12         15         12
            13         15         18
            14         15         18
            15         15         18
            16         20         18
            17         20         18
            18         20         18
            19         20         24
            20         20         24
20 rows selected.