Re: [GENERAL] Chart of Accounts

2008-11-11 Thread WaGathoni
been set up and in use for a while. HTH. Michael Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2008 05:24:03 +0100 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [GENERAL] Chart of Accounts CC: pgsql-general@postgresql.org Hi James, There is some my publications about SART AML System based on banking

Re: [GENERAL] Chart of Accounts

2008-11-09 Thread Blazej
Hi James, There is some my publications about SART AML System based on banking General Ledger (OLAP Data Warehouse and Chart of Accounts as dimension with 60 000+ items) - may be helpful. http://www.analyticsql.org/documentation.html http://www.analyticsql.org/files/AITM-MoneyLaundering.pdf

Re: [GENERAL] Chart of Accounts

2008-11-09 Thread Michael Black
] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [GENERAL] Chart of Accounts CC: pgsql-general@postgresql.org Hi James, There is some my publications about SART AML System based on banking General Ledger (OLAP Data Warehouse and Chart of Accounts as dimension with 60 000+ items) - may be helpful

Re: [GENERAL] Chart of Accounts

2008-10-23 Thread James Hitz
Sorry for the silence. Have been away on official duty. Please see inline: --- On Mon, 13/10/08, justin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: SNIP Create Table general_ledger_transactions( transaction_id serial not null coad_id integer, accounting_period integer, debit

Re: [GENERAL] Chart of Accounts

2008-10-16 Thread James Hitz
As I said earlier, I am quite green with PGSQL, so please bear with me when I ask Stupid questions... --- On Mon, 13/10/08, justin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I just redid the accounting side of an application we have access to source code, so been here and done this. If i was not for the

Re: [GENERAL] Chart of Accounts]

2008-10-16 Thread justin
James Hitz wrote: As I said earlier, I am quite green with PGSQL, so please bear with me when I ask Stupid questions... --- On Mon, 13/10/08, justin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I just redid the accounting side of an application we have access to source code, so been here and done this.

Re: [GENERAL] Chart of Accounts

2008-10-15 Thread Robert Parker
On Tue, Oct 14, 2008 at 3:50 PM, Isak Hansen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mon, Oct 13, 2008 at 2:57 AM, justin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [...] Also you want to split out the debit and credits instead of using one column. Example one column accounting table to track values entered how do you

Re: [GENERAL] Chart of Accounts

2008-10-14 Thread Isak Hansen
On Mon, Oct 13, 2008 at 2:57 AM, justin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [...] Also you want to split out the debit and credits instead of using one column. Example one column accounting table to track values entered how do you handle Crediting a Credit Account Type. is it a negative or positive

Re: [GENERAL] Chart of Accounts

2008-10-14 Thread Steve Crawford
Isak Hansen wrote: On Mon, Oct 13, 2008 at 2:57 AM, justin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [...] Also you want to split out the debit and credits instead of using one column. Example one column accounting table to track values entered how do you handle Crediting a Credit Account Type. is it a

Re: [GENERAL] Chart of Accounts

2008-10-14 Thread Isak Hansen
On Tue, Oct 14, 2008 at 5:07 PM, justin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: because a credit account is a liability account aka a negative account so credit a credit account causes it to go UP not down. As you say, a negative account. Our liability accounts go further down when credited. I work with

Re: [GENERAL] Chart of Accounts

2008-10-14 Thread justin
because a credit account is a liability account aka a negative account so credit a credit account causes it to go UP not down. Look a your bank statement it says Credit you $500 when you make a deposit its a debit to you a credit to the bank in a credit account as its a liability to the

Re: [GENERAL] Chart of Accounts

2008-10-13 Thread justin
Gregory Stark wrote: justin [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: special note do not use only 2 decimal points in the accounting tables. If your application uses 10 decimal places somewhere then every table in the database that has decimals needs to have the same precision. Nothing is more

Re: [GENERAL] Chart of Accounts

2008-10-13 Thread Gregory Stark
justin [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: special note do not use only 2 decimal points in the accounting tables. If your application uses 10 decimal places somewhere then every table in the database that has decimals needs to have the same precision. Nothing is more annoying where a transaction

Re: [GENERAL] Chart of Accounts

2008-10-13 Thread Merlin Moncure
On Mon, Oct 13, 2008 at 6:33 AM, Gregory Stark [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: justin [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: special note do not use only 2 decimal points in the accounting tables. If your application uses 10 decimal places somewhere then every table in the database that has decimals needs to

Re: [GENERAL] Chart of Accounts

2008-10-13 Thread Craig Bennett
If you want to take a particular system out to extra digits, it's probably good to record the rounding error as a separate component of the transaction (that is, if you want everything to balance out perfectly). I think you have two different problems here. On the one hand you have

Re: [GENERAL] Chart of Accounts

2008-10-13 Thread justin
Craig Bennett wrote: If you want to take a particular system out to extra digits, it's probably good to record the rounding error as a separate component of the transaction (that is, if you want everything to balance out perfectly). I think you have two different problems here. On the

Re: [GENERAL] Chart of Accounts

2008-10-13 Thread justin
] Cc: pgsql-general@postgresql.org Date: Sun, 12 Oct 2008 20:57:59 -0400 Subject: Re: [GENERAL] Chart of Accounts You are making this far to complicated. I just redid the accounting side of an application we have access to source code, so been here and done this. If i was not for the rest

[GENERAL] Chart of Accounts

2008-10-12 Thread James Hitz
Dear All, I have just started experimenting with PGSQL, with a view to migrate from the SQL server I use currently. I am trying to implement an intelligent Chart of Accounts for an accounting program. The following is long-winded but please bear with me: I have a table coa (chart of

Re: [GENERAL] Chart of Accounts

2008-10-12 Thread justin
You are making this far to complicated. I just redid the accounting side of an application we have access to source code, so been here and done this. If i was not for the rest of the application i would have completely redone the accounting table layout something like this 3 Accounting