Problem importing QIFs

[Derek Atkins]

Doug Laidlaw <laidlaws at hotkey.net.au> writes:

> On Wed, 20 Jun 2007 08:26:29 am Doug Laidlaw wrote:
>> On Wed, 20 Jun 2007 01:26:54 am Derek Atkins wrote:
>> > Doug Laidlaw <laidlaws at hotkey.net.au> writes:
>> > > Since the upgrade I have noticed that transactions imported this way
>> > > cannot be deleted (QIFs downloaded from the bank are O.K.)  I have
>> > > tried changing the
>> >
>> > What do you mean that they cannot be deleted?  Even after you finish
>> > the import you can't delete them from the account register?  I find
>> > that very hard to believe.
>> >
>> > -derek
>>
>> I find it hard to credit as well, but that is what is happening.  I click
>> on "Delete" and nothing happens - not even a confirm dialog.  I can delete
>> the old one, if it is one I wrote myself in Gnucash, even if it has been
>> cleared or reconciled.  In practical terms I have to do that, and edit the
>> new one to be in the same terms as the one deleted.  Perhaps it is my
>> distro (Mandriva Spring.)
>>
>> Doug.
>
> Further to the above, my distro defaults to the UTF-8 character set.  Could 
> that be causing any problems?

Unlikely.  Distros have been defaulting to UTF8 for years.  I
still dont understand where in the process you cannot delete
transactions.  Do they come up as potential duplicates during
the import?

-derek
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