OFX import with only 17 characters

[John Ralls]

On Apr 19, 2011, at 7:56 AM, Graham Stoddart-Stones wrote:

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> -----Original Message-----
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> From: jralls at ceridwen.us
> Sent: Tue, 19 Apr 2011 14:59:22 Europe/Dublin
> To: daniel3ub at gmail.com
> CC: gnucash-user at gnucash.org
> Subject: Re: OFX import with only 17 characters
> 
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> 
> On Apr 19, 2011, at 6:23 AM, Daniel Trezub wrote:
> 
>> Hi, guys.
>> 
>> Recently my bank (Santander Brazil) dropped support for QIF downloads and
>> implemented OFX exports.
>> 
>> The problem is that while in my bank statement in the Internet the
>> descriptions are long, the imported transactions into GC are always cropped
>> to 17 characters.
>> 
>> Is it a problem with the bank file, with the file format or the GC importer?
>> 
>> I am using GC 2.4.5 in Ubuntu 10.04
> 
> How are you retrieving the OFX, by download from the website or through online banking?
> If it's by download, you tell us: Are the descriptions in the downloaded file truncated?


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Regards,
John Ralls