Whats wrong with my query?

UPDATE Item SET MSRP = (( Price - Cost)/Price)*100 WHERE PRICE > 0.00

Trying to copy margin to msrp for a trigger found on this board

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masttech
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I think the issue may be that the MSRP field is a "currency" field so it expects a money value. Your formula looks to calculate margin percent. Say price = 15, cost = 5; price - cost = $10; $10/$15 = 0.6666 ; multiplied times 100 = $66.66.

But the margin dollars are $10.

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convoluted

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