File store (was Re: Salutations)

[Bill Gribble]

On Mon, Dec 11, 2000 at 02:28:15PM +0000, Al B. Snell wrote:
> Yes. I quite like the idea of havnig a "period" number in the transaction
> records and, at the increment of each period, creating transactions that
> transfer the balance of each account to an equity account, and then
> transferring it back again after the increment, meaning that all accounts
> start the period with a zero balance.
> 
> If a query goes back before the period boundary, everything will balance
> with no extra work required.

Right, but that doesn't help you generate a graph of weekly bank
balances over 5 years.  This is a hard problem, and it's one I think
needs to be addressed.

b.g.