Re: pretty cool app

[John C. S. <js...@im...>]

On Wed, 2002-01-02 at 15:09, Keld J=F8rn Simonsen wrote:
>=20
> On Wed, Jan 02, 2002 at 08:22:43AM -0700, Dieter Simader wrote:
> > I think there is a bit of a misconception here. You do not need an
> > administrator to prepare the database everytime. You do it once and you
> > are done.
> >=20
> > When you lock the database and effectively create a WORM drive. You can
> > only add transactions but not delete or change them.
>=20
> OK, Maybe I did not understand it fully. So the sql statements in the FAQ
> will also lock new transactions applied after the sql statements have
> been applied?
>=20
> Then I would miss some functionality, as I would like to do some draft
> transactions, and only fixate them once every year. I understood
> that others also wanted to do something like that, eg every quarter.

Yup! You sure would. An *older* clipper-based application we used to use
some time ago *closed the books* at the end of the fiscal year. In
between, we used to enjoy the functionality that Keld has mentioned.

I suppose it would be useful to some people to have a *stricter*
criteria, more like what Dieter mentioned. Once again, it would be nice
to be able to pick and choose what you want or need  ;))).

Right????


John Christian Stoddart
Caracas - Venezuela