OFX question

[BenoitGrégoire]

On March 19, 2003 10:58 am, plussier at mindspring.com wrote:
> Currently, from my bank, I need to download 2 QIF files; one for
> checking, and one for savings.  Online transfers between the 2 result
> in duplicate entries being made into Gnucash.  Would you expect any
> given bank to:
>
>     - provide 1 OFX file covering all accounts you have at that bank
>     - provide 1 OFX fil/account but maintain txn IDs between
>       them
>     - provide 1 OFX file/account and use different txn IDs in each?
>
> Obviously the first option is optimal, however, I'm rather cynical
> and skeptical that a bank would do anything which would ultimately
> benifit their customers unless the gain for them was greater :)
> I don't see a huge gain for the bank here, so I'm expecting the worst!

Option 1 is the most common, except for credit card accounts which are 
frequently only available in a separate file.

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Benoit Grégoire
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