Split transactions, imports, and the db backend

[Scott Wood]

I'm useing REdhat 9, which included the 1.8.1 version.  

I've just downloaded the 1.8.5 rpm file, but get a Segmentation fault
error when trying to execute rpm -ivh <file name>.  

I've never installed a linux program before (other than what came with
the OS, of course).  What does this mean?  How do I get around it? 
Thanks,  --sw






On Tue, 2003-09-16 at 18:32, Derek Atkins wrote:
> What version of gnucash.  If you're using anything before 1.8.5, upgrade.
> 
> -derek
> 
> Scott Wood <woodsc at nycap.rr.com> writes:
> 
> > I'm just i nthe process of trying out gnucash for the first time and
> > have a couple of questions:  
> > 
> > 1)  My imports from QIF's always seem to misallocate split
> > transactions.  e.g., in my checkign account, all of my paychecks, which
> > are splits between deposits, taxes, and 401 contributions, end up as
> > withdrawls.  And, for that matter, withdrawls that allocate to diffeent
> > things (e.g., different expenses) are listed as deposits.  Some of them
> > just seem to put things in the wrong places...i.e. the spit entries that
> > are deposits should be withdrawls and the split entries and are
> > withdrawls should be deposits.  But other entries seem to just not add
> > things correctly...that is all the split entries are correct, but the
> > net is listed as a withdrawl rather than a deposit. 
> > 
> > I suspect two issues:  one, the account is being treated as a liability
> > rather than an asset, and two, soemthing funny is going on with the
> > "account" that gnucash made out of the payees.  If I understand things
> > correctly, the payees are should really just be text comments, rather
> > than accounts.  Quicken accounts and categories should be gnucash
> > accounts.  
> > 
> > 2)  I understand that gnucash uses a postgreSQL database back end.  Does
> > this imply that I could connect to the database using some other front
> > end for other purposes?  As a professional DBA (Oracle), the inability
> > to fashion my own custom SQL was always a (minor) sore point with me. 
> > --sw
> > 
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