LedgerSMB 1.2.0 Beta 3 review

License: GPL (GNU General Public License) File size: 0K Developer: Chris Travers

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LedgerSMB project is a fork of SQL-Ledger that seeks to provide better security and data integrity controls, better community support, open documentation, and more.

What's New in This Release:
Database
Added add_custom_field and drop_custom_field functions.
-- will be more integrated into API next version
Added utility to partially recover from SQL-Ledger data corruption issues.
Primary Key added to acc_trans table
DB Updates now use one transaction per update file.
FLOAT datatypes removed from database
Protection against duplicate transaction id's.
Added foreign key constraint to acc_trans.chart_id
Database backups now use pg_dump
Database creation routines now attempt to add plpgsql to the db if not there.

Security
One is required to change the admin password when it is blank (on first login etc).

Usability
We now support adding custom automation into a custom.pl
Setup.pl use is now experimentally supported
Disabled editing sub-assemblies in one area where it is unsafe.
Utility included for near-real-time parts short email notifications.
Fixed Lynx support
Batch printing now available for checks
Warnings are printed when check stub is truncated
Sales Data Report added
SL2LS.pl now dies if it cannot open the files with instructions on how to proceed manually
Links between admin and login pages
Experimental support for Windows printing.

What's New in 1.1.1d Stable Release:
This release adds support for the Gentoo ebuilds in the default tarball.