>>>The thing is, there are so many examples where the invoice header and the line items and the inventory have to be depleted all at the same time, and when it doesn't work right, someone has to go digging. This is far from the exception.
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>Yes, "Good enough" often seems to prevail in this world. To quote from the serenity prayer: "God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, courage to change the things I can, and wisdom to know the difference." ;-)

Good enough in an electrical outlet involves a box, a standard two-set input, and a face plate. Good enough in software is 2 wires sticking out of the wall.