Can't delete a transaction

[Jason Yamada-Hanff]

So the only way to fix this, maybe, is to recreate the entire file?

I just upgraded to GnuCash 2.2.0 to see if that fixed the problem, but the
delete button still does nothing on transactions.  Is there a particular
part of the transaction line that has to be selected for this to work?


On 8/20/07, Doug Laidlaw <laidlaws at hotkey.net.au> wrote:
>
> On Mon, 20 Aug 2007 08:33:13 am Jason Yamada-Hanff wrote:
> > It is true that I can't delete transactions that have been imported...
> but
> > that is true whether they are phantom or not and whether I restart
> GnuCash
> > or not.  But even transactions that I enter manually won't delete.  It's
> > like the delete transaction button is a dummy button when I have a
> > transaction selected.
> >
> > On 8/19/07, David Reiser <dbreiser at earthlink.net> wrote:
> > > When are you trying to delete transactions? There are instances where
> > > an import operation leaves phantom transactions visible in the
> > > register (start the import, tell gnucash to ignore certain
> > > transactions, finish the import) -- transactions appear on the screen
> > > that aren't really in the datafile (the supposedly ignored imports).
> > > If you say to yourself, 'hey, wait a minute, that transaction wasn't
> > > supposed to be imported,' and try to delete it, the deletion will
> > > have no effect on the register display. If you close gnucash and
> > > reopen it, the phantom transactions no longer appear in the register.
> > >
> > > I can't make this happen 100% of the time, so it's pretty hard to
> > > nail it down as a bug. And I'm generally using some really old gnome
> > > bits, so I might have an odd dependency interaction.
> > >
> > > Otherwise, the Delete  button on the toolbar ought to delete either
> > > the selected transaction or the selected split -- possibly with the
> > > do-you-really-want-to-delete-this(split | transaction)? warning
> > > before actually performing the deletion.
> > >
> > > On 19 Aug 2007, at 2:50:27 PM, Jason Yamada-Hanff wrote:
> > > > Hi all,
> > > >
> > > > I have been using GnuCash 2.0.5 on Gentoo for the past few months,
> > > > but have
> > > > been having a heck of a time trying to delete transactions.
> > > > Perhaps I am
> > > > doing something wrong.
> > > >
> > > > When I select a transaction and hit "delete transaction", nothing
> > > > happens...
> > > > no feedback, no changes.  I would expect that the transaction would
> > > > have
> > > > been deleted.  I can select a split and delete that (or at least get
> > > > feedback on why I cannot), but deleting a transaction itself just
> > > > doesn't
> > > > work.
> > > >
> > > > What am I doing wrong?  I am assuming this is not a bug and I just
> > > > don't
> > > > grok the interface here.  Thanks for the help!
> > > >
> > > > -Jason
> > >
> > > Dave
> > > --
> > > David Reiser
> > > dbreiser at earthlink.net
> >
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> I had that problem for a while with 2.0.5.  It seemed to be related to
> transactions imported from Quicken for Windows via a QIF
> file.  Uninstalling
> and reinstalling didn't help.  But since going back from 2.1 to 2.0.5 and
> having to re-create my file from scratch (because I hadn't kept any
> backups,
> or they were too incomplete,) I have had no problems in that regard.
>
> Doug.
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