Thank you so much. You are so generous with your time. Dave
On Feb 22, 11:27 am, John Wiegley <[email protected]> wrote: > On Feb 22, 2009, at 1:47 PM, dwebman wrote: > > > I'm new to Ledger but have read the manual and installed it on by > > FreeBSD system. I've made some entries and have queried the .dat file > > with success. My question is: How do I enter invoice numbers, check > > numbers and other reference numbers to paper source documents in > > the .dat file transactions? > > Put the number in parens before the payee name: > > 2009/01/01 (100) Payee > > I use this for check and invoice numbers. > > If you're using 3.0, you can use a more complex system: metadata. For > example: > > 2009/01/01 (100) Payee > ; Reference: A2349BX > > This sets both a "code", and a metadata item named "Reference". You > can query on either of these: > > ledger reg \#100 > or ledger reg code 100 > ledger reg \%ref=2349 > or ledger reg meta ref=2349 > > John
