OFX import with only 17 characters

[David Reiser]

On Apr 19, 2011, at 11:29 AM, Daniel Trezub wrote:

> I download the .ofx file and then import it to GC.
> 
> Dumb of me. I didn´t even thought about look at the .ofx file (shame)
> 
> The descriptions are truncated at the ofx file, so I think it is a problem
> with the way the bank generates the file.
> 
> I suppose it is not a ofx file specification, right?

The OFX spec says the <NAME> fields can be 32 characters long and <MEMO> fields 255.

> 
> =====
> Daniel Trezub
> http://www.gameblogs.com.br
> 
> 
> On 19 April 2011 10:57, John Ralls <jralls at ceridwen.us> wrote:
> 
>> 
>> 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?
>> 
>> Regards,
>> John Ralls
>> 
>> 
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