renumbering sub-accounts

[Elizabeth Dodd]

On Sat, 27 Nov 2010 12:14:54 +0100
Eric Weisink <eric.weisink at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello list,
> 
> (using version 2.3.17)
> 
> I have the following problem using Gnucash: in my administration I
> keep track of (church) members. I use (sub-acoounts for this:
> 
> account: members    4000
> sub-account            AAA            4000-10
> sub-account            CCC           4000-20
> sub-account            DDD           4000-30
> 
>
why do you use numbers at all?
precisely, what are you doing later with the data where numbers helps?

I know traditional accounting packages use numerical fields, but
gnucash doesn't need them.