Vanishing transactions and log file

[Ross Boylan]

On Thu, 2008-04-03 at 13:01 -0400, Derek Atkins wrote:
> Ross Boylan <RossBoylan at stanfordalumni.org> writes:
> 
> >> Without seeing the register header line 
> >
> > attached, if I understand what you mean.
> 
> Yep.  Thanks..  That verifies you're using the wrong account type.
> 
> >> too I'm having a hard time
> >> deciphering this.  For one thing, what's the question-mark doing
> >> in the second column?   It looks like you're in an A/R or A/P account!
> >
> > Correct: A/R.
> 
> Yeah...  A/R (and A/P) are NOT for human consumption.  They were
> designed specifically for the business features.  I was going to
> originally make the A/R and A/P registers read-only to make this more
> clear but unfornately I couldn't do that in a good way.  But yeah,
> you're not supposed to be using A/R and A/P for hand-entered
> transactions.  Just use "Asset" and "Liability".
Can I just switch the account type (that is, go to edit account and
reclassify it) and preserve the transactions?  Or will they get lost or
mangled?