QIF Import created spurious accounts

[Derek Atkins]

Hi,

"Ian Lewis" <ianmlewis at gmail.com> writes:

> For the record, the default currency for the QIF import druid seems to be the
> default currency for new accounts. This line of thinking comes from the fact
> that the druid seems and the import itself seem to think the currency are
> different things. The druid thinks that the currency is for new accounts that
> get created by the importer, but the import itself uses it as the currency for
> the entire QIF file. This leads to confusing stuff when you are importing into
> accounts that are different than the default new account currency but don't
> actually create any new accounts.

I'd argue that it SHOULD use the "Default New Account Currency"
and NOT the locale currency.  So in that respect I think the current
behavior is correct.

> I'm testing a small patch which essentially just makes the currency dialog
> come up every time, not just when you are adding new accounts. You mentioned
> that the default should be the locale currency. Right now it's using the
> default new account currency so I think I'll go ahead and fix this too.

That would be great.

> I'll add the patch to the bug I submitted when I'm finished.

Thanks,

> Ian

-derek

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