Error importing qif files from Capitalone

[Derek Atkins]

Ahh..   The £ is illegal -- the importer cannot handle that character.
Remove that from all your data and the importer should be able to
pull it in.

-derek

Quoting Rob Hymns <hymnsie at gmail.com>:

> Thanks Charles
> Here's what I get:
>
> Line 3: Some characters have been converted according to your locale.
> Converted to: -£35.00
> Line 11: Some characters have been converted according to your locale.
> Converted to: -£56.50
> Line 19: Some characters have been converted according to your locale.
> Converted to: -£65.00
> Line 27: Some characters have been converted according to your locale.
> Converted to: -£56.50
> Line 35: Some characters have been converted according to your locale.
> Converted to: £295.48
> Line 43: Some characters have been converted according to your locale.
> Converted to: -£30.00
> Line 51: Some characters have been converted according to your locale.
> Converted to: -£56.50
> Line 59: Some characters have been converted according to your locale.
> Converted to: -£105.00
> Line 67: Some characters have been converted according to your locale.
> Converted to: -£29.00
> Line 75: Some characters have been converted according to your locale.
> Converted to: -£44.00
> Line 83: Some characters have been converted according to your locale.
> Converted to: -£30.00
> Line 91: Some characters have been converted according to your locale.
> Converted to: -£42.01
> Line 99: Some characters have been converted according to your locale.
> Converted to: -£48.50
> Line 107: Some characters have been converted according to your locale.
> Converted to: -£48.50
> Transaction amount: Unrecognized or inconsistent format.
>
> Rob
>
>
>
> 2009/2/3 Charles Day <cedayiv at gmail.com>
>
>> On Tue, Feb 3, 2009 at 2:39 AM, Rob Hymns <hymnsie at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> I'm just getting started on Gnucash and having entered some transactions
>>> manually, I thought I'd try to import from my Capitalone credit card's
>>> webpage.
>>> Downloaded the qif file ok but after following the import procedure, I got
>>> a
>>> few lines with characters converted but with the final the error message:
>>> "Transaction amount: Unrecognized or inconsistent format."
>>> Anyone familiar with this or got some suggestions?
>>>
>>
>> Does the QIF importer state a line number? If so, could you find the
>> offending line and post it here?
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Charles
>>
>>
>>> Rob
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