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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