Non-check transaction numbers

[Dave Peticolas]

Rich Shepard writes:
> On Mon, 4 Sep 2000, Glen Ditchfield wrote:
> 
> > My ATM transaction slips have a 'sequence number' on them, and my web-banki
> > transactions have a 'confirmation number' (which is actually alphanumeric).
> > append them to the transaction's Description field, mostly because that's w
> > my bank puts them on monthly statements -- reconciliation seems easier when
> > GnuCash and the paper statement match exactly.
> 
>   OK, that'll work for us. If you then have the checking account register
> sorted by transactions, do these then float to the top, ahead of all
> numbered transactions?

You can also enter them into the 'Num' field, though it's a bit narrow
right now for the longer numbers used for electronic transfers. The
Num field will accept non-numeric characters.

dave