gnucash 2.2.6 - problems with qif import

[and78386 at gmx.de]

Just looked in my qif file again and it's "Oth S" that makes problems when
importing into gnucash 2.2.6!

Cheers,
Andreas

2009/4/21 Charles Day <cedayiv at gmail.com>

> 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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