Re: sql-ledger and postgresql: HOWTO?

2004-08-05 Thread Johann Spies
On Wed, Aug 04, 2004 at 08:11:30PM +0200, Lourens Steenkamp wrote: Lourens replying to Johann Spies [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tue, Aug 03, 2004 at 12:44:38AM +0100, Oliver Elphick wrote: I found the documentation confusing to say the least. I agree with that. (Once I got

Re: sql-ledger and postgresql: HOWTO?

2004-08-05 Thread Helmut Wollmersdorfer
Oliver Elphick schrieb: I agree with that. (Once I got it working, I found sql-ledger to be cumbersome and not in my opinion suitable for use as an enterprise accounts system. ) ACK. I tried SL [sql-ledger] AFAIR 2 years ago. The plan was, to use it for an small NGO, and for my small

Re: sql-ledger and postgresql: HOWTO?

2004-08-05 Thread Helmut Wollmersdorfer
Oliver Elphick schrieb: It might suit you better. I have written an accounting system in the past and now I have looked at sql-ledger I prefer to do the same again, since it doesn't suit my ideas of what such a system should be like. Ohhh, nice to hear. I have been working with more than a dozen

Re: sql-ledger and postgresql: HOWTO?

2004-08-05 Thread Helmut Wollmersdorfer
John Hasler schrieb: Oliver Elphick writes: However, I would prefer a dedicated text input program without the web-browser overhead; so it would work like the old green-screen programs I used to write. The objective here is maximum convenience for data entry: type in the data, press return to go

Re: sql-ledger and postgresql: HOWTO?

2004-08-05 Thread John Hasler
Helmut Wollmersdorfer writes: Please inform me about kick-off at helmut(at)wollmersdorfer.at I'm very interesting in contributing. I see a strong need for a flexible GPLed ledger, targeted for small to medium business, but even scalable to larger ones. Same here, at [EMAIL PROTECTED] I am

Re: sql-ledger and postgresql: HOWTO?

2004-08-05 Thread John Hasler
Helmut Wollmersdorfer writes: Full time bookkeepers don't need graphics, but all the other users of a ledger. What for? -- John Hasler [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Hasler) Dancing Horse Hill Elmwood, WI -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble?

Re: sql-ledger and postgresql: HOWTO?

2004-08-05 Thread Oliver Elphick
On Thu, 2004-08-05 at 14:10, Oliver Elphick wrote: On Thu, 2004-08-05 at 02:14, John Hasler wrote: Oliver Elphick writes: I have the beginnings of the design of such a system; if anyone else would like to contribute ideas, please email me. Your requirements sound good to me, though

Re: sql-ledger and postgresql: HOWTO?

2004-08-05 Thread Lourens Steenkamp
Lourens replying to Johann Spies [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed, Aug 04, 2004 at 08:11:30PM +0200, Lourens Steenkamp wrote: Lourens replying to Johann Spies [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tue, Aug 03, 2004 at 12:44:38AM +0100, Oliver Elphick wrote: I found the

Re: sql-ledger and postgresql: HOWTO?

2004-08-04 Thread Johann Spies
On Wed, Aug 04, 2004 at 08:49:56AM +0800, John Summerfield wrote: Eiffel would offend those users who are especially keen on free software, and ensure that the sotware would, at best, be in contrib. Why? I see there is a an GNU eiffel compiler in Debian Main. Regards Johann -- Johann Spies

Re: sql-ledger and postgresql: HOWTO?

2004-08-04 Thread John Summerfield
Johann Spies wrote: On Wed, Aug 04, 2004 at 08:49:56AM +0800, John Summerfield wrote: Eiffel would offend those users who are especially keen on free software, and ensure that the sotware would, at best, be in contrib. Why? I see there is a an GNU eiffel compiler in Debian Main. Oh,

Re: sql-ledger and postgresql: HOWTO?

2004-08-04 Thread Oliver Elphick
On Wed, 2004-08-04 at 03:00, John Hasler wrote: John Summerfield writes: Web interfaces have their advantages though: for example, you client machine can be anything anywhere running any web browser. One of the things users like about sql-ledger is that you can do work at a client site,

Re: sql-ledger and postgresql: HOWTO?

2004-08-04 Thread Lourens Steenkamp
Lourens replying to Johann Spies [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tue, Aug 03, 2004 at 12:44:38AM +0100, Oliver Elphick wrote: I found the documentation confusing to say the least. I agree with that. (Once I got it working, I found sql-ledger to be cumbersome and not in my opinion

Re: sql-ledger and postgresql: HOWTO?

2004-08-04 Thread John Hasler
Oliver Elphick writes: However, I would prefer a dedicated text input program without the web-browser overhead; so it would work like the old green-screen programs I used to write. The objective here is maximum convenience for data entry: type in the data, press return to go to the next

Re: sql-ledger and postgresql: HOWTO?

2004-08-03 Thread Johann Spies
On Tue, Aug 03, 2004 at 12:44:38AM +0100, Oliver Elphick wrote: I found the documentation confusing to say the least. I agree with that. (Once I got it working, I found sql-ledger to be cumbersome and not in my opinion suitable for use as an enterprise accounts system. ) Thanks for your

Re: sql-ledger and postgresql: HOWTO?

2004-08-03 Thread Oliver Elphick
On Tue, 2004-08-03 at 11:41, Johann Spies wrote: On Tue, Aug 03, 2004 at 12:44:38AM +0100, Oliver Elphick wrote: I found the documentation confusing to say the least. I agree with that. (Once I got it working, I found sql-ledger to be cumbersome and not in my opinion suitable for use

Re: sql-ledger and postgresql: HOWTO?

2004-08-03 Thread John Summerfield
Johann Spies wrote: On Tue, Aug 03, 2004 at 12:44:38AM +0100, Oliver Elphick wrote: I found the documentation confusing to say the least. I agree with that. (Once I got it working, I found sql-ledger to be cumbersome and not in my opinion suitable for use as an enterprise accounts

Re: sql-ledger and postgresql: HOWTO?

2004-08-03 Thread John Hasler
Oliver Elphick writes: I have written an accounting system in the past and now I have looked at sql-ledger I prefer to do the same again, since it doesn't suit my ideas of what such a system should be like. Any chance that you will package it? Or let someone else do so? I'm not pleased with

Re: sql-ledger and postgresql: HOWTO?

2004-08-03 Thread Oliver Elphick
On Tue, 2004-08-03 at 13:52, John Hasler wrote: Oliver Elphick writes: I have written an accounting system in the past and now I have looked at sql-ledger I prefer to do the same again, since it doesn't suit my ideas of what such a system should be like. Any chance that you will package

Re: sql-ledger and postgresql: HOWTO?

2004-08-03 Thread Oliver Elphick
On Tue, 2004-08-03 at 18:09, bob parker wrote: Any chance that you will package it? Or let someone else do so? I'm not pleased with sql-ledger either, but I like the alternatives even less. Once it is written, yes. If you would like to list features you would like to see, that could

Re: sql-ledger and postgresql: HOWTO?

2004-08-03 Thread bob parker
On Wed, 4 Aug 2004 00:10, Oliver Elphick wrote: On Tue, 2004-08-03 at 13:52, John Hasler wrote: Oliver Elphick writes: I have written an accounting system in the past and now I have looked at sql-ledger I prefer to do the same again, since it doesn't suit my ideas of what such a system

Re: sql-ledger and postgresql: HOWTO?

2004-08-03 Thread John Summerfield
Oliver Elphick wrote: Are we talking about a web page interface here? Say Pg + Php? If so I have the beginnings of a payroll module I could contribute. It's built to ato rules of PAYE for dotAU but maybe there's enough in common to suit other places. I'm not all that keen on web interfaces;

Re: sql-ledger and postgresql: HOWTO?

2004-08-03 Thread John Hasler
John Summerfield writes: Web interfaces have their advantages though: for example, you client machine can be anything anywhere running any web browser. One of the things users like about sql-ledger is that you can do work at a client site, connect to your accounts (possibly using their

Re: sql-ledger and postgresql: HOWTO?

2004-08-03 Thread John Summerfield
John Hasler wrote: John Summerfield writes: Web interfaces have their advantages though: for example, you client machine can be anything anywhere running any web browser. One of the things users like about sql-ledger is that you can do work at a client site, connect to your accounts (possibly

Re: sql-ledger and postgresql: HOWTO?

2004-08-03 Thread John Summerfield
John Hasler wrote: John Summerfield writes: Web interfaces have their advantages though: for example, you client machine can be anything anywhere running any web browser. One of the things users like about sql-ledger is that you can do work at a client site, connect to your accounts (possibly

sql-ledger and postgresql: HOWTO?

2004-08-02 Thread Johann Spies
After seeing the article in Linuxjournal about sql-ledger I wanted to try it out. The article referred to the installation as a breeze. That was not my experience. I found the documentation confusing to say the least. The README.Debian says: The easiest way to test this package is to add a

Re: sql-ledger and postgresql: HOWTO?

2004-08-02 Thread John Summerfield
Johann Spies wrote: After seeing the article in Linuxjournal about sql-ledger I wanted to try it out. The article referred to the installation as a breeze. That was not my experience. I found the documentation confusing to say the least. The README.Debian says: If you don't like the deb, try

Re: sql-ledger and postgresql: HOWTO?

2004-08-02 Thread Oliver Elphick
On Mon, 2004-08-02 at 21:48, Johann Spies wrote: After seeing the article in Linuxjournal about sql-ledger I wanted to try it out. The article referred to the installation as a breeze. That was not my experience. I found the documentation confusing to say the least. I agree with that.

Re: sql-ledger and postgresql: HOWTO?

2004-08-02 Thread Oliver Elphick
On Tue, 2004-08-03 at 00:01, John Summerfield wrote: ident is not secure. Just let me near your network with my Laptop:-) I can make _m,y_ ident say I'm whoever I want you to think I am. The postgresql package (by default) does not enable ident authentication except for localhost (and for