Problems getting quotes for funds

[Paul Stansell]

Derik,

That's very helpful to know about gnc-fq-dump, thanks.  I too think that 
yahoo have changed something (possibly the ticker symbol) but I'm not sure 
how to deal with it.

If one downloads a quote from the yahoo site, for example Standard Life, 
the first field of the single line file is SL.L and this can be used by 
gnc-fq-dump:

   gnc-fq-dump yahoo SL.L
   Finance::Quote fields Gnucash uses:
       symbol: SL.L                 <=== required
         date: 02/13/2008           <=== required
     currency: GBP                  <=== required
         last: 2.0725               <=\
          nav:                      <=== one of these
        price: 2.0725               <=/
     timezone:                      <=== optional

However, if one downloads a quote for a fund, for example New Star Pacific 
Growth, the first field of the single line file is GB0003243465GBP but 
this can't be used by gnc-fq-dump:

   gnc-fq-dump yahoo GB0003243465GBP
   Finance::Quote fields Gnucash uses:
       symbol: GB0003243465GBP      <=== required
         date: ** missing **        <=== required
     currency: ** missing **        <=== required
         last: 0.00                 <=\
          nav:                      <=== one of these
        price:                      <=/
     timezone:                      <=== optional


Also, at the end of gnc-fq-dump there seems to be some examples:

     dump-gnc-fq yahoo CSCO JNPR
     dump-gnc-fq yahoo BAESY.PK
     dump-gnc-fq europe 48406.PA 13000.PA
     dump-gnc-fq vwd 632034
     dump-gnc-fq ftportfolios FKYGTX

Changing dump-gnc-fq to gnc-fq-dump and running shows that only the first 
two of them work.

Thanks again for your help,

Paul Stansell


On Tue, 12 Feb 2008, Derek Atkins wrote:

> The command was renamed to gnc-fq-dump.   Using your example:
>
> gnc-fq-dump yahoo MFEXPG.L
> Finance::Quote fields Gnucash uses:
>   symbol: MFEXPG.L             <=== required
>     date: ** missing **        <=== required
> currency: ** missing **        <=== required
>     last: 0.00                 <=\
>      nav:                      <=== one of these
>    price:                      <=/
> timezone:                      <=== optional
>
> ** This stock quote cannot be used by gnucash!!
>
>
> Maybe Yahoo changed their site and F::Q can't parse it?