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Frequently Asked Questions

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How to I account for Depreciation in LedgerSMB?

LedgerSMB does not have a built-in assett tracking / depreciation feature. Depreciation can be managed manually using General Ledger Transactions. You should probably confirm this with your accountant, but the basic procedure (kindly suggested by Tony Fraser) is, assuming a computer asset over 5 years:
I can't login

There are a number of possible causes for login problems. Some of the more common causes are:

Magic Characters in passwords:

The legacy code from SQL-Ledger has some issues with parsing passwords that contain either the equals sign ("=") or the ampersand (&). This is gradually being resolved in the LedgerSMB codebase but for now avoid using either of these characters in your passwords. The issue is that the equals and ampersand characters are used as delimiters in query strings and posted content - this is being worked on so should not be an issue "soon".
I'm not an accountant, how do I learn how to keep my books?

Quite a few users find some of the terminology and accounting processes a little confusing at first. Some of the more popular small business accounting packages tend to hide these aspects of book-keeping from users for simplicity, so with the current user interface there is often some new ideas to grasp.

First step is the manual - the LedgerSMB manual is free and highly recommended reading.
What are the IRC guidelines

We ask that all IRC members follow the LedgerSMB Code of Conduct.
We also ask that you always use a paste site such aswhen pasting more than 2-3 lines. Paste sites include:
What is LedgerSMB.Org

LedgerSMB is a fork of a popular general ledger software package called SQL-Ledger largely written and maintained by Dieter Simader.

SMB is an acronym for Small Medium Business.

Some of the improvements that we've made to the code base so far include:

* Enhanced security
* Better Windows support
* More reports
* An Open Development Model
* Better data integrity controls
What is the community code of conduct?

The LedgerSMB community follows the Ubuntu Code of Conduct.
What versions of PostgreSQL does LedgerSMB support?

PostgreSQL Versions 8.1 and 8.2. 8.3 is not yet supported.
Why is LedgerSMB PostgreSQL-only?

Adding support for other database management systems would require that the database logic be coded to the least common denominator. We have decided that we want to eventually allow add-ons in different languages, and thus the database becomes the only point where we can enforce accounting logic consistantly across all parts of the application. Porting and maintaining such logic across database systems is not feasible for this project.

Additionally PostgreSQL is an outstanding RDBMS and we have no desire to move from it.