Problems importing 1.4.9 data into 1.8.7
Linas Vepstas
linas at linas.org
Sat Oct 11 00:52:47 CDT 2003
On Sat, Sep 27, 2003 at 06:57:59PM -0400, Derek Atkins was heard to remark:
> Try going into 1.6.x first?
well, it was supposed to work; the code is there to do it, I guess it
got broke somehow.
>
> -derek
>
> KMF <katoom_kmf at yahoo.com> writes:
>
> > Howdy!
> >
> > GnuCash 1.8.7 (RedHat 9.0) is not correctly converting my
> > existing 1.4.9 account file. The "Import currency and stock
> > information" dialog is displayed upon startup and leads me through
> > a series of dialogs for stocks, mutual funds, etc.. into which
> > I supply "Type", "Name" and "Ticker Symbol". After completion
> > of the file conversion the main account summary window displays
> > incorrect values in the "Total" column for stocks, funds and their
> > parent accounts. The value in the "Total" column appears to be
> > the "Ticker" text string, e.g. CSCO, FMAGX, etc...
> >
> > Opening a stock account reveals that there are no entries in
> > the "Shares", "Price", "Sell", or "Balance" columns although the
> > "Buy" column seems to contain the buy price for the various
> > stock purchases.
> >
> > Is there a special procedure to use for files this old?
> > Any suggestions? (This file contains the last three years
> > of financial transactions as well as imported stock purchase
> > information for the last dozen years.)
> >
> >
> > Thanks for any help that you can offer!
> >
> > Katoom
> >
> >
> >
> >
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