Hi Hugh,
On Sat, Jul 2, 2011 at 5:51 PM, Hugh Esco <[email protected]>wrote:
> As I approach a point where I handle nearly all of
> my transactions online these days, and spend time
> on every purchase saving a pdf receipt or invoice
> documenting the exchange . . .
>
> I was thinking last night that I would love it if
> (particularly AP transaction and client) objects might
> be related to file uploads. I would like to see
> our pdf invoices we're paying be attached to the
> AP transaction which documents its payment.
>
Your timing couldn't be better! Chris sent a mail to ledger-smb-users@ just
hours before you sent your mail our way on the development list, soliciting
feedback on the UI details and general idea of attached documents to AR and
AP transactions.
> Perhaps a bank statement could be attached to a
> reconciliation; a contract or customer agreement
> could be attached to a customer record; an invoice
> to an AP transaction. There are certainly other
> uses for this.
>
In his proposal, bank reconciliation and general GL transactions aren't
being addressed, but possibly the system under consideration could be
extensions to include these types of uses.
> I've heard from the folks at RT that loading a pg
> database with excessive attachments leads to a
> significant performance hit. Perhaps these
> attachments could be stored in the file system instead.
>
With respect to the technical side; Chris has expressed the desire to store
within-database. He argues - and I agree - that it's much easier to backup a
database including within-database documents than a database with external
references.
> Does anyone else think it would be useful to drill
> down through the reports in LSMB and find the
> original invoices?
>
Yes!
Could you join the discussion on the users@ list? Hopefully, that results
in a balanced solution.
Bye,
Erik.
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