Inventory accounts under gnucash?

[Robert Graham Merkel]

Larry Stamm writes:
 > I have a small specialty manufacturing business, and I have been
 > trying to find an accounting software system that will meet my
 > needs. I tried SQL-Ledger, but it seemed more complicated than I
 > needed so I am trying GnuCash now. It seems that it might do the job
 > for now if I can figure how to keep track of inventory under GnuCash.
  
A proper inventory tracking system is on the agenda, but right now we
don't have any specific facilities for doing so.

 > Also, I make sales in USD, CAD, and Euros and have bank accounts in
 > each of these currencies.  The present currency conversion process in
 > GnuCash is tedious to say the least, and I am wondering what future
 > plans there might be to change this function.

The current development release has revamped the currency system
substantially.  

 > And finally, it would be nice to have SQL capabilities in the
 > database.  Is there any plan to implement that in the near or medium
 > term future?
 > 
 
Yes, there is, though "near" term is probably unrealistic, at least
for general consumption.  Check the archives of the development
mailing list for the massive thread on the topic.

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Robert Merkel	                           rgmerk@mira.net

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