On 15 Aug 2002, Richard Lyons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I don't know about everyone else, but about half the time I spend on > bookkeeping is taken up chasing things I posted wrongly. My most common > error is caused by haste - leaving a drop-down box with its default contents. > > What I have done to simplify both remembering to make a correct entry and > finding the omissions is this. I created an account right at the beginning > of the table of accounts (I used number 0001, which comes up as plain 1) as a > catch-all account. I made it AR_amount, AP_amount, AP_paid. I called it > "P U T M E S O M E W H E R E", though it should be called 'transfer' or > 'catch-all' or something. Now all the drop-down boxes have this distinctive > name in them, and it is easy to see when one has not been properly entered > before posting a form - even in haste. If I do mess up, all the errors are > in one place: if there is a balance in account 1, there must be an error. > > So if you are as error-prone as I am, this may help.
This is a great idea! Thanks. Chris ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by: OSDN - Tired of that same old cell phone? Get a new here for FREE! https://www.inphonic.com/r.asp?r=sourceforge1&refcode1=vs3390 ------------------------------------------------------- (un)subscribe: http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/sql-ledger-users Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/
