user6770: I'm using bitcoind and would like to understand how to create transactions that send inputs from many specifically selected addresses (from my wallet) to one destination address. I want to do manually what the sendtoaddress command does automatically.
If this operation requires me to create a raw transaction could you please provide a working example? I already read bitcoin.it:raw_transactions, but it is hard to understand without an example and unfortunately the wiki article doesn't provide any.
I would appreciate help greatly.

user4725: When you have a bitcoin balance, that balance is actually unspent outputs from transactions your addresses have already received.
So when you want to send a raw transaction, what you include in that is the transactions and unspent outputs from those transactions... these can be from any address in your wallet. 
The basic idea is;
createrawtransaction
signrawtransaction
sendrawtransaction
If you google around, you'll find plenty of examples of their use. 

6770: <p>I'm using bitcoind and would like to understand how to create transactions that send inputs from many specifically selected addresses (from my wallet) to one destination address. I want to do manually what the <em>sendtoaddress</em> command does automatically.</p>

<p>If this operation requires me to create a raw transaction could you please provide a working example? I already read <a href="https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Raw_Transactions" rel="nofollow">bitcoin.it:raw_transactions</a>, but it is hard to understand without an example and unfortunately the wiki article doesn't provide any.</p>

<p>I would appreciate help greatly.</p>
 4725: <p>When you have a bitcoin balance, that balance is actually unspent outputs from transactions your addresses have already received.</p>

<p>So when you want to send a raw transaction, what you include in that is the transactions and unspent outputs from those transactions... these can be from any address in your wallet. </p>

<p>The basic idea is;</p>

<p>createrawtransaction
signrawtransaction
sendrawtransaction</p>

<p>If you google around, you'll find plenty of examples of their use. </p>
