OFX to price data base

Derek Atkins warlord at MIT.EDU
Mon Apr 20 10:49:21 EDT 2009


Hi,

Brad Haack <bradhaack at yahoo.com> writes:

> It looks like an OFX file usually include a current price quote for
> stocks and mutual funds.  Has anyone attempted, or considered using
> that info to update the price database (price editor)?

At this point the importer will not add PriceDB entries.

> The fund price info for the funds in my 401K account (managed by ing
> now) are not available on one of the regular price sources so I'm
> trying to figure out how to get the price info imported w/o manual
> entry.   Any ideas?  Can I do something sneaky w/ a .log file?

Unfortunately no.

You might be able to extend the importer to add PriceDB entries.
How's you C skill?

-derek

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