Request for review: patch for bug 499496

[Daniel Harding]

Hello,

I have put together a patch for a bug I filed a few weeks back.  This is 
my first attempt to make any real changes to the GnuCash sources, so I'd 
appreciate feedback on both my approach to addressing the bug, as well 
as the format/style of the changes themselves.  I've attached the patch, 
along with a (hopefully clear) description of what it is trying to do, 
to the bug report:

http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=499496

Cheers,

-Daniel