Fwd: Troubles with price retrieval

[Derek Atkins]

Doug Brown <toquehead at gmail.com> writes:

> Derek Atkins wrote:
>> Doug Brown <toquehead at gmail.com> writes:
>>
>> [snip]
>>   
>>> Oops. Typo. Yes the source is stockhousecanada_fund, and that is what I used
>>> with gnc-fq-dump and in GC.
>>>
>>> If I use the correct source, gnc-fq-dump works fine for me:
>>>
>>> C:\Program Files\gnucash\bin>perl gnc-fq-helper
>>> (stockhousecanada_fund "cho304")
>>> (("cho304" (symbol . "cho304") (gnc:time-no-zone . "2009-12-11 12:00:00")
>>> (last . 14.9602) (currency . "CAD")))
>>>     
>>
>> This looks fine to me.  This should work just fine from GnuCash!
>> Make sure you have this correct quote source and symbol set up
>> in your stock editor.
>>
>> The only other question I would have is whether you have multiple
>> versions of gnucash installed on your system?
>>   
> I have only 1 version of gnucash installed on two computers. My gc xml
> file is on a TrueCrypt drive on one of said computers - the work
> computer accesses via the Lan. I encounter the same error on both
> computers (and they both used to work). One is a work computer and one
> is personal, so they have quite different software installs, but some
> in common (Firefox, Thunderbird, GnuCash, ...).
>
> Perhaps I'll try uninstalling GC and Perl and starting over.

Well, another possbility could be if you have multiple versions of
ActivePerl..  Or if it somehow cannot execute gnc-fq-helper directly
from GnuCash.....

> d.

-derek

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