Hi Craig, That's not entirely true. This issue occurs when you try to reset an account that is already null.
On Wed, Nov 26, 2014, 01:15 Craig Earls <[email protected]> wrote: > I can confirm that I see the error if there is only one transaction > affecting the account and that transaction is resetting it to 0. Since a > single transaction setting an account to zero is pretty useless I don't see > this as a bug. > > On Tue, Nov 25, 2014 at 7:47 AM, Daniël Bos (远洋) <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Using: >> >> 2014/01/01 * a >> a = 0.00 >> b >> >> As a test on my (pretty old) build on Ubuntu, I'm seeing the same: >> >> Ledger 3.0.0-20120518, the command-line accounting tool >> >> Copyright (c) 2003-2013, John Wiegley. All rights reserved. >> >> This program is made available under the terms of the BSD Public License. >> See LICENSE file included with the distribution for details and >> disclaimer. >> While parsing file "test.ledger", line 3: >> Error: Only one posting with null amount allowed per transaction >> >> However, if I first book something (other than null) to "a", the error >> goes away. I'm not entirely convinced this is a bug, I'll leave that up to >> Craig/John to decide. >> >> Best regards, >> Daniel Bos >> >> >> On Tue Nov 25 2014 at 10:11:16 PM Craig Earls <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Something else is happening. I made up a test file using the xact and >>> declarations you gave and I get the expected results. >>> >>> What editor are you using? >>> >>> >>> On Tuesday, November 25, 2014, John Louis Del Rosario <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Tried both $ and putting P after the amount, but still got the error. >>>> e.g. >>>> 11/24 * Adjustment >>>> Liabilities:Credit:Metrobank = 0.00 P >>>> Equity:Adjustments >>>> >>>> Here are my heading declartions if it matters: >>>> >>>> include Accounts.ledger >>>> include Tags.ledger >>>> >>>> commodity P >>>> default >>>> >>>> year 2014 >>>> >>>> bucket Assets:Cash >>>> >>>> Thanks. >>>> >>>> On Monday, November 24, 2014 10:25:52 PM UTC+8, Craig Earls wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Not sure what is going on. If I use a $ sign instead of the "P" you >>>>> are using, this works fine. Try putting the "P" after the 0.00. >>>>> >>>>> On Sun, Nov 23, 2014 at 8:52 PM, John Louis Del Rosario < >>>>> [email protected]> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> I just tried to reset a balance (http://ledger-cli.org/3.0/ >>>>>> doc/ledger3.html#Resetting-a-balance), but it seems it's illegal? >>>>>> >>>>>> 11/24 * Adjustment >>>>>> Liabilities:Credit:Metrobank = P 0.00 >>>>>> Equity:Adjustments >>>>>> >>>>>> Error: Only one posting with null amount allowed per transaction >>>>>> >>>>>> I'm using Ledger 3.1.0-20141005 on OS X. >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> >>>>>> --- >>>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>>> Groups "Ledger" group. >>>>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, >>>>>> send an email to [email protected]. >>>>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> Craig, Corona De Tucson, AZ >>>>> enderw88.wordpress.com >>>>> >>>> -- >>>> >>>> --- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>> Groups "Ledger" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>> an email to [email protected]. >>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Craig, Corona De Tucson, AZ >>> enderw88.wordpress.com >>> >>> -- >>> >>> --- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "Ledger" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to [email protected]. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >> -- >> >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Ledger" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > > > -- > Craig, Corona De Tucson, AZ > enderw88.wordpress.com > > -- > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Ledger" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ledger" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
