..... put a 100 as prefix .... last you a few years ... looking at an old CQ book and that is how mine are numbered.
Haven't used one for quite a while now though 😊 .... David -----Original Message----- From: gnucash-user <gnucash-user-bounces+davidbrown.rdps=photos.bozeat....@gnucash.org> On Behalf Of David Carlson Sent: 10 June 2021 15:46 To: w...@theprescotts.com Cc: GnuCash Users <gnucash-user@gnucash.org> Subject: Re: [GNC] Transaction ordering on num field My bank doesn't print leading zeros on my checks On Thu, Jun 10, 2021 at 9:42 AM w...@theprescotts.com <w...@theprescotts.com> wrote: > For those that care, it is perfectly easy to have numbers sort > correctly with an alphanumeric sort, simply include the leading zeros. > If you think your check numbers will never exceed 1000, just number > the > checks: 0001, 0002,... 0100, 0101, etc.If you expect to write more > than 1000, add another leading 0. > > Will > > On 2021 Jun 10, at 06-10 01:40:24, flywire <flywi...@gmail.com> wrote: > > How can special customisation to sort a GnuCash field be justified > when it makes future transitions even more difficult? This field > should be sorted in a standard way. It's clearly the old *numeric* > field for sorting cheques, and the banks tell us cheques are as good > as dead. When it was changed to alphanumeric the sort order should > have changed too, ie 10 before 2. > > I note David's comment on current functionality. Significant changes > should occur at major versions. > > > > -- > Sent from: > http://gnucash.1415818.n4.nabble.com/GnuCash-User-f1415819.html > _______________________________________________ > gnucash-user mailing list > gnucash-user@gnucash.org > To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user > If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see > https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. > ----- > Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. > You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. > > _______________________________________________ > gnucash-user mailing list > gnucash-user@gnucash.org > To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user > If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see > https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. > ----- > Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. > You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. > -- David Carlson _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.