GnuCash crashes when importing QIF file

Doug Laidlaw laidlaws at hotkey.net.au
Sun Jan 21 06:56:11 EST 2007 

I am currently running 2.0.1.  I will upgrade to 2.0.4 before filing a bug 
report.

Doug.

On Sunday 21 January 2007 11:14, Doug Laidlaw wrote:
> Sent the QIF privately, but will still file a bug report to put it in the
> system.
>
> I just tried deleting everything above the "Type: Bank" line.  It still
> crashed immediately.  It seems as though my problem arises from the QIF
> exported by KMymoney.  Perhaps I should be filing a bug report there. 
> Since the QIF file has no set form, Gnucash probably can't account for all
> the variations.  I looked on Quicken's site and Wikipedia, with no
> precedent available, and no description of the tags.  The Australian banks
> (or the two I have accounts with) have tailored their QIFs to suit the
> Australian version of Quicken, and I can import them into Gnucash without
> any problems.  Perhaps things are different on the Continent.
>
> About the only thing that I miss from Gnucash is QIF export.  I am keeping
> my reference records under Quicken 2005, but am in Linux most of the time,
> so I sometimes need to synchronize the two.  KMymoney is closer to Quicken,
> but doesn't seem to be as well-developed as Gnucash.  I find its interface
> difficult as well, and at 60+, my mind isn't nimble enough to adapt.  I
> will be staying with Gnucash, so this bug won't worry me personally.
>
> OT: The other thing that I find difficult is the "Deposit" and "Withdrawal"
> headings in the Ledger.  Whether they are a debit or a credit depends on
> the account, and I keep getting them back to front.  For this reason, I use
> the default single-line entry most of the time.  I suppose that since Bank
> is an Asset and a debit, that should control my thinking.
>
> Doug.
>
> On Sunday 21 January 2007 03:55, Derek Atkins wrote:
> > Thanks,
> >
> > I think I'm going to need your QIF.  Can you file a bug report
> > and attach the QIF there?  Your bug is a little more difficult
> > to track down than Melinda's was.
> >
> > -derek
> >
> > Quoting Doug Laidlaw <laidlaws at hotkey.net.au>:
> > > In my case:
> > >
> > > gnucash
> > > gnucash: [M] "Found Finance::Quote version ""1.11"
> > > Backtrace:
> > > In unknown file:
> > >   ?: 0* [qif-file:parse-fields #]
> > > In /usr/share/gnucash/scm/qif-import/qif-file.scm:
> > > 505: 1* (let* (# # # #) (and # # # ...) (cond # #))
> > > 520: 2* (and # # # ...)
> > > 561: 3* [check-and-parse-field #<procedure qif-xtn:date #> ...]
> > > 651: 4  (let (# # #) (if # #) (cond # # #) ...)
> > > 679: 5* (cond (# # # #) (# #) (#t #))
> > > 684: 6* (and (not (null? (cdr formats))) do-parsing)
> > > 684: 7* [not ...
> > > 684: 8*  [null? ...
> > > 684: 9*   [cdr #f]
> > >
> > > /usr/share/gnucash/scm/qif-import/qif-file.scm:684:24: In procedure cdr
> > > in expression (cdr formats):
> > > /usr/share/gnucash/scm/qif-import/qif-file.scm:684:24: Wrong type
> > > argument in position 1: #f
> > >
> > > I have kept the .QIF file if you need to see it.
> > >
> > > Doug.
> > >
> > > On Sunday 21 January 2007 01:43, warlord at mit.edu wrote:
> > >> What's printed on the terminal?
> > >>
> > >> -derek
> > >>
> > >> Quoting Melinda Savoy <savoymp at yahoo.com>:
> > >> > Actually I am having the same problem when importing the QIF that is
> > >> > exported from Quicken itself.  When I get to the last step in the
> > >> > GnuCash import wizard the GnuCash application crashes (I am
> > >> > assuming) and disappears.  No error msg it just disappears from my
> > >> > screen.
> > >> >
> > >> > The only difference is that I am working on the new release of
> > >> > GnuCash 2.0.4
> > >> >
> > >> > Regards.
> > >> >
> > >> > Doug Laidlaw <laidlaws at hotkey.net.au> wrote: I just had the same
> > >> > problem.  It is caused by the QIF exported by KMymoney.
> > >> > The QIF starts with a list of all the available accounts, then lists
> > >> > the transactions, but in a rather different format.  In view of this
> > >> > last observation, I didn't bother with deleting the firast part and
> > >> > trying again.
> > >> >
> > >> > I don't know when another format will become standard here in Oz. 
> > >> > It still seems to be QIF everywhere.
> > >> >
> > >> > Doug.
> > >> >
> > >> > On Wednesday 04 October 2006 10:26, Arkadi Gelfond wrote:
> > >> >> I'm using GnuCash ver.  2.0.1-3   built from r14585 on 2006-09-13,
> > >> >> running on Debian Etch(testing)
> > >> >>
> > >> >> GnuCash crashes now on the last step after 'Enter the currency used
> > >> >> for new accounts'. It did not happen before, in fact I was able to
> > >> >> import most of my data using numerous QIF files, but now it crashes
> > >> >> even if I try to import the same QIF files into empty file.
> > >> >>
> > >> >> here is the trace I found in the /tmp:
> > >> >>
> > >> >>
> > >> >> gnucash: /usr/lib/gnucash/libgnc-backend-postgres.so: cannot open
> > >> >> shared object file: No such file or directory
> > >> >>
> > >> >> failed to load gnc-backend-postgres from /usr/lib/gnucash
> > >> >>
> > >> >> loading system configuration
> > >> >> looking for /etc/gnucash/config
> > >> >> trying to load /etc/gnucash/config
> > >> >> loading user configuration
> > >> >> looking for /home/arkadi/.gnucash/config-2.0.user
> > >> >> looking for /home/arkadi/.gnucash/config-1.8.user
> > >> >> looking for /home/arkadi/.gnucash/config-1.6.user
> > >> >> looking for /home/arkadi/.gnucash/config.user
> > >> >> loading auto configuration
> > >> >> looking for /home/arkadi/.gnucash/config-2.0.auto
> > >> >> looking for /home/arkadi/.gnucash/config-1.8.auto
> > >> >> looking for /home/arkadi/.gnucash/config-1.6.auto
> > >> >> looking for /home/arkadi/.gnucash/config.auto
> > >> >> loading saved reports
> > >> >> looking for /home/arkadi/.gnucash/saved-reports-2.0
> > >> >> looking for /home/arkadi/.gnucash/saved-reports-1.8
> > >> >> loading stylesheets
> > >> >> looking for /home/arkadi/.gnucash/stylesheets-2.0
> > >> >> trying to load /home/arkadi/.gnucash/stylesheets-2.0
> > >> >>
> > >> >> Thx
> > >> >> Arkadi
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