You are right. That is a better way of saying it. On Tuesday, November 25, 2014, Daniël Bos (远洋) <[email protected]> wrote:
> 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] > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[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] >> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[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] >>> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[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] >>>> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[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] >>>> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','ledger-cli%[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] >>> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','ledger-cli%[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] >> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','ledger-cli%[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] > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','ledger-cli%[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. 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