Re: pretty cool app

[<ke...@dk...>]

Happy new year all!

Yes, it is documented in the faq, but I would rather that it was
an integrated feature of the system. It is an accountant-level
requirement, and what is documented in the FAQ is a systems administrators
solution. An accountant cannot call on a system administrator, that
has the appropiate systems accessabilities, and knowledge of sql database
handling, every time the locking needs to be done. The locking
must in principle be done for every transaction! But there is also
a need for functionality to only do it when requested, eg
every quarter. As far as I understand it, the requirement is
considered "good accountant practice" in most countries. At
least this was what was reported earlier on this list by a
number of people.

Kind regards
Keld

On Tue, Jan 01, 2002 at 01:56:43PM -0700, Dieter Simader wrote:
> David!
> 
> Before making any false statements read the documentation, see the FAQ for
> a solution about audit control.
> 
> 
> Dieter Simader    http://www.sql-ledger.org   (780) 472-8161
> DWS Systems Inc.     Accounting Software       Fax: 478-5281
> =========== On a clear disk you can seek forever ===========
> 
> On Tue, 1 Jan 2002, David A. Bandel wrote:
> 
> > On Tue, 1 Jan 2002 04:31:16 -0800 (PST)
> > Caffeinate The World <moc...@ya...> spewed into the bitstream:
> > 
> > Apart from adding "me too" (Tm AOLusers), I'd like to add that the only
> > "problem" I see with using SQL-Ledger, at least for US businesses, is that
> > you can delete transactions.  I don't know about Canada, but at least in
> > the US, GAAP (Generally Accepted Accounting Practice) is (or at least was)
> > that you don't delete transactions, you create reversing entries.  I will
> > admit, it's been a long time since I looked at GAAP, so apart from that I
> > have no idea how far from accepted practice SQL-Ledger strays. 
> > Fortunately, my accountant is just happy I'm using something other than a
> > shoe box with receipts thrown in it.
> > 
> > Ciao,
> > 
> > David A. Bandel
> > 
> 
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