[freeside] errors

[ivan]

On Thu, Sep 07, 2000 at 07:16:04PM -0700, Kristian Hoffmann wrote:
> This happens when you specify an invoice destination (like an email
> address) that doesn't exist yet.  For example, you're setting up
> narf at yourisp.com.  It checks for narf.  Since it hasn't been created yet,
> it doesn't know what svcnum to put cust_main_invoice.  Hence, you get an
> error.  One way around it is to add the email invoice destination after
> you have created the service.  It's tedious, but it works.
> 
> Ivan, any suggestions?

Now that 1.3 has transactions it should be easy to allow someone to
specify the email address of the "about-to-be-created" account as the
invoice destinations.

>  I know why this is hard to work around.  You can
> do weird things to create the cust_main_invoice entry after
> svc_acct->insert is called, but that's ugly.

Mmmmm, transactions.  With transactions all of the changes can be made as
a single, "all-or-nothing" step.

> -Kristian
> <khoff at pc-intouch.com>
> 
> On Thu, 7 Sep 2000, E Bidder wrote:
> 
> > Can anyone give me an idea as to what this is about? 
> > It seems to be completely arbitrary as I have tried to
> > set up several new customers and about half the time I
> > get this error while the other half get set up.
> > 
> > It also comes up whenever i try to edit any customer.
> > 
> > -->>
> > 
> > Error: Unknown local account (specified literally)
> > 
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_ivan