PMFJI, but I think you misunderstood him. He said commit when he means save... If you read the rest of the sentence, I think its pretty obvious that he agrees with you about the nature of debit/credit entries.

>Hello! Since when do debits and credits commit separately? A transaction in an accounting situation should balance per commit. That is, all credits and debits within the same journal entry must be committed co-equally. Or rolled back commesurately as may be the case.
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>Remind me not to ask you to design my accounting systems :-)
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>>Good examples include accounting-based apps. Both the debit and credit >updates need to be committed. If one does not commit, the other should not...
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