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Re: Getting a Batch Number

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Gene Wirchenko (genew@ocis.net) writes:
>      I now want to put together a simple database.  I thought that I
> would try something that modelled the way I do banking.  I can have
> multiple set-asides in one bank account.  I might write a cheque off
> one account that is to put money in more than one set-aside.  (Or I
> might transfer; it amounts to the same.)  For example:
> 
>           cheque for $500 from Income account to Savings Account
> split:
>                Reserves $200, Income Tax Set-Aside $300.
> 
>      This gives me a transaction batch of:
> 
>           insert into Batches 'Sample Batch'
>            (with an id column value automatically generated)
> 
>           insert into Transactions '20110331','Income',-500
>           insert into Transactions '20110331','Reserves',200
>           insert into Transactions '20110331','Income Tax S/A',200
> 
>      How do I get the batch number from Batches to use in the
> Transactions inserts?
 
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Getting a Batch Number Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net> - 2011-03-31 14:19 -0700
  Re: Getting a Batch Number Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se> - 2011-03-31 23:46 +0200
    Re: Getting a Batch Number Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net> - 2011-03-31 15:08 -0700

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