Problems downgrading gnucash?

[Derek Atkins]

Depending on what changes you made to your data in 1.8, you may not be
able to go back to 1.6 (why would you want to go back?)

This looks like it's having problems the the gnc:count-data tag.

At this point in time, over a year after 1.8 has been released, and
about 3 years (or more?) since the last 1.6 release, I'd have to
say "sorry, that's not supported."

-derek

Dast <dast at freeshell.org> writes:

> Hello all,
>
> I am trying to downgrade from gnucash 1.8.7 to 1.6.6 and I notice the
> following crash when trying to open my data file.
>
> ,----[ error ]
> | ** WARNING **: Unknown type: book
> | 
> | ** CRITICAL **: file sixtp.c: line 515 (sixtp_sax_end_handler):
> |    assertion `pdata->parsing_ok' failed.
> | Error: sixtp_handle_catastrophe: parse failed at 
> | 
> | (stack-frame 0x82bdb60
> |              (parser 0x81adab8)
> |              (tag (null))
> |              (data-for-children (nil))
> |              (data-from-children)
> |              (frame-data (nil)))
> |   (stack-frame 0x82ccb60
> |                (parser 0x82bd6a8)
> |                (tag gnc-v2)
> |                (data-for-children (nil))
> |                (data-from-children)
> |                (frame-data (nil)))
> |     (stack-frame 0x82ccc50
> |                  (parser 0x82bd9e8)
> |                  (tag gnc:count-data)
> |                  (data-for-children 0x82ccc68)
> |                  (data-from-children)
> |                  (frame-data 0x82ccc68))
> `----
>
> I've searched the mailing list archives and I only found two instances
> of what looks like the problem I am seeing:
>
> http://lists.gnucash.org/pipermail/gnucash-user/2003-September/008454.html
> http://lists.gnucash.org/pipermail/gnucash-user/2001-August/002187.html
>
> Does anyone have any ideas to help me convert my file to something
> usable in 1.6.6?  I tried removing the gnc:book tag and other lines
> related to it without any success.
>
> Thanks,
> -- 
> --Dast
>
>  "Trust the man with the corrective lenses."
>   Large Professor
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