I'm not sure I understand exactly what you're looking for, but it sounds 
like Request Tracker might work. We use modified versions of both RT1 and 
RT2. It's released under GNU GPL.

http://www.fsck.com/projects/rt/

-- Mike.

At 07:03 PM 10/11/01, Raymond wrote:
>I have a school district with some students taking A+. I want to implement 
>a system where a ticket number is automatically  assigned to each problem. 
>It would need to be something like Cisco or Onvoy uses, so we can track 
>the history and conclusion of each case. Is there something like this out 
>there for little or no cost?
>
>
>Raymond Norton