Can't delete Orphaned Gains w/o deleting sell transaction

Derek Atkins warlord at MIT.EDU
Sat Mar 31 02:30:02 EDT 2007


You can't in 2.0.1
You MAY be able to in 2.0.5

-derek

Quoting Morris Walton <morris.walton at gmail.com>:

> Hi,
>
> I'm running 2.0.1, and somewhere along the way I ran the repair which
> must have put all of the orphaned gains -usd entries into my stock
> accounts.  I've noticed the orphaned gains can't be deleted w/o deleting
> the transaction that they are "attached" to.  I want to delete the
> orphaned gains line since i use the split to record capital gains/loss
> (as per the manual).  However deleting the orphaned gains transaction
> causes the respective sell transaction to disappear - as if the orphaned
> gains was a split of the sell transaction (which it is not)....
>
>
> How can i get rid of orphaned gains so that i can track the gain/loss as
> prescribed in the manual?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Morris
>
>
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