gnucash 2.2.6 - problems with qif import

[Charles Day]

Do you really mean "Oth S"? Or do you mean "Oth A"?
We know that "Oth A" isn't working right in 2.2.9 and it has been fixed (but
not released.)

-Charles


On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 3:32 PM, and78386 at gmx.de <and78386 at gmx.de> wrote:

> I solved my problem in 2.2.6 now.
>
> After importing the Quicken 2009 qif file the properties of one bank
> account was wrong, and therefore the deposit and withdrawal values were
> interchanged. Correcting it to "bank" and this problem was solved.
>
> Other problems in 2.2.6 with qif import:
>
> - account property "Oth S" has to be corrected manually to "Bank" in qif
> file before import
> - deletion of double bookings manually after import
>
> Now all balances are exactly the same in gnucash like they were in Quicken,
> so everything ok.
>
> Thanks for such a great piece of software and for the good support!!!
>
> Cheers,
> Andreas
>
> 2009/4/20 Charles Day <cedayiv at gmail.com>
>
> I wonder if there is not something wrong other than the version. I think
>> very little changed in the QIF import after 2.2.6. Certainly nothing I can
>> think of that would have this kind of result.
>> Andreas, did you import multiple QIF files? If so, did you import them
>> together or separately?
>>
>> Could you pick a specific transaction that was imported into GnuCash
>> incorrectly, and show the actual QIF data that it came from?
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Charles
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 7:45 AM, Derek Atkins <warlord at mit.edu> wrote:
>>
>>> Safer than trying to continue to use the broken 2.2.6-3 package.
>>>
>>> -derek
>>>
>>> "and78386 at gmx.de" <and78386 at gmx.de> writes:
>>>
>>> > Ok, but how safe and stable are such packages from foreign
>>> repositories?
>>> > Could they harm my system?
>>> >
>>> > 2009/4/18 Cristian Marchi <cri79 at libero.it>
>>> >
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >>>
>>> >>>> Hi Derek,
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>> Ubuntu 8.10 is only available with gnucash 2.2.6. How do i update
>>> gnucash
>>> >>>> to
>>> >>>> 2.2.9 on Ubuntu 8.10?
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>
>>> >>> I don't use Ubuntu.
>>> >>> Either find a repository that has it, or build from source.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> But 2.2.6 is old and there have been many QIF fixes.
>>> >>>
>>> >>>
>>> >>>
>>> >> You can find a GnuCash 2.2.9 deb package for intrepid on
>>> >> http://www.getdeb.net; I tested it and on my system works well.
>>> >>
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