Historical prices import.

[Baptiste Debrabant]

Charles Day wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 2, 2008 at 7:44 AM, Derek Atkins <warlord at mit.edu 
> <mailto:warlord at mit.edu>> wrote:
>
>     Hi,
>
>     Baptiste Debrabant <bdebrabant at gmail.com
>     <mailto:bdebrabant at gmail.com>> writes:
>
>     > Hi,
>

Hi,
>
>     >
>     > Let's say I have a file that contains historical prices.
>     > What's the easiest way to import them into the price editor?
>
>     In what format are your historical prices?
>
I don't know yet...
I was thinking about keeping the prices in a database, and producing 
whatever file format required afterwards.

>     You could write a small scheme program that would import them.
>
Wouldn't it be possible to directly edit some data files -- If so, which 
one(s)?

Thanks,
Baptiste

>
> If there's no existing importer for historical price data, and one 
> needs to be developed, then the QIF importer might be a good target 
> for this work. The QIF format supports historical prices, but the QIF 
> importer currently ignores this information. I have been thinking 
> about writing an enhancement request about this for some time.
>
> -Charles
>
>     > Thanks,
>     > Baptiste
>
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