# Prices and discounts **URL:** \ **Category:** Rails\ **Created:** [January 29, 2008, 3:04pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/prices-and-discounts/127462 "2008-01-29T15:04:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![bingobob](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/e480ec/32.png) [@bingobob](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/bingobob)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2008, 3:04pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/prices-and-discounts/127462/1 "2008-01-29T15:04:11Z")
I’m trying to solve a problem for a client. It’s a language school. They have, courses so I have a Courses model and table. Each course has a name and a description and a price\_per\_week field (a base price if you like).All is fine, or should I say, was fine.The client now wants to charge different prices depending on the length of the students course. e.g. 1-2 weeks - price\_per\_week \* 1.0 3-4 weeks - price\_per\_week \* 0.9 5-6 weeks - price\_per\_week \* 0.8 7-8 weeks - price\_per\_week \* 0.7 8 weeks+ - price\_per\_week \* 0.6 * * * My plan is to do the following, Introduce a Discounts model. Something like :period (integer) :name (string) :discount (integer) I’ll fill it with the five time periods above. I presume I need in my Courses model has\_many :discounts and in Discounts belongs\_to :course * * * If my plans basically correct, can someone give me an example of how I would then render a table of prices by period in a view. I’m thinking of using a partial for this if possible so I can put price tables up for a particular course where I need them? ---
**Author:** ![bingobob](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/e480ec/32.png) [@bingobob](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/bingobob)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2008, 5:00pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/prices-and-discounts/127462/2 "2008-01-29T17:00:04Z")
anybody shed any light on this one? Is my approach sound?