simple ledger data entry question

[dwebman]

Hi,
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?

Thank you for any assistance,
regards
Dave

[John Wiegley]

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

[dwebman]

Thank you so much. You are so generous with your time.
Dave