[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Linas Vepstas) writes: > On Wed, Apr 09, 2003 at 09:05:59AM -0300, Derek Broughton was heard to remark: > > From: "Herbert Thoma" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > It may well be that you don't get prices from the net and then you > > > would be happy with at least the prices from the transactions. > > > (Remember: The reports only use prices from the pricedb.) > > > > This was the behavior I used to see in Quicken, and I can't imagine any other > > reason why it works that way. imo, actual sale prices are much more 'true' than > > some quote received from the net, and should always be added to the pricedb. Any > > iThey should be added, but several caveats: > 1) they need to be linked/tracked appropriately: > If user makes a typo in the register, then corrects it, the price in the > price db needs to be corrected as well: even if the correction is days > or weeks later. > 2) Have to be careful with math in the register: due to round off errors, > if we define price = value/amt, then one will find that value != price * amt. > It was Quickens inability to correctly do this bit of math that got me started > on Gnucash, oh, what six & a half years ago ... > > If 1) and especially 2) aren't implemented correctly, it will drive users up a > wall. This may be why register-prices don't go into the pricdedb; rob > decided to punt when he coded this.
I actually think #1 is a harder problem... -derek > > --linas > > -- > pub 1024D/01045933 2001-02-01 Linas Vepstas (Labas!) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > PGP Key fingerprint = 8305 2521 6000 0B5E 8984 3F54 64A9 9A82 0104 5933 > _______________________________________________ > gnucash-devel mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.gnucash.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-devel -- Derek Atkins, SB '93 MIT EE, SM '95 MIT Media Laboratory Member, MIT Student Information Processing Board (SIPB) URL: http://web.mit.edu/warlord/ PP-ASEL-IA N1NWH [EMAIL PROTECTED] PGP key available _______________________________________________ gnucash-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.gnucash.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-devel
