Can't delete a transaction

[Derek Atkins]

Does it not work for ANY transaction?  Or only some transactions?
It's possible that the button isn't hooked in correctly, but I
would find that very strange.  I also find it strange that you can
delete some transaction but not others..   I just don't see how
that could happen.

-derek

Quoting Jason Yamada-Hanff <jasonyh at gmail.com>:

> 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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