AQBanking OFX File Parsing

[Derek Atkins]

Hi,

Robin Chattopadhyay <robinraymn at gmail.com> writes:

> Hi-
>
> I have been using Gnc for several years on Windows, but just this weekend
> switched to Linux (Ubuntu 11.10) (YAY ME!). I have AQBanking set up on both
> systems and I noticed that AQBanking parses OFX files differently under
> Linux than under Windows.
>
> Given the following transaction:
> <TRNTYPE>POS
> <DTPOSTED>20111117120000.000
> <TRNAMT>-4.86
> <NAME>CARIBOU COFFEE CO # 16
> <MEMO>CHECK CRD PURCHASE 11/15 MINNEAPOLIS MN 4323XXXXXXXX0221
> 321140004581187 ?MCC=5814 90
>
> Under Windows, the value that goes in the Description field is <NAME>
> <MEMO>.
>
> As in CARIBOU COFFEE CO # 16 CHECK CRD PURCHASE 11/15 MINNEAPOLIS MN
> 4323XXXXXXXX0221 321140004581187 ?MCC=5814 90
>
> Under Linux, the Description field is <MEMO> <NAME>
>
> As in CHECK CRD PURCHASE 11/15 MINNEAPOLIS MN 4323XXXXXXXX0221
> 321140004581187 ?MCC=5814 90 CARIBOU COFFEE CO # 16
>
> It's not really a bug per-se, I'm sure different banks have different
> implementations of their OFX files, but it was more convenient under the
> Windows implementation because the merchant name was at the beginning of
> the string and not the end.

I find it VERY odd that windows and linux would do different things
here.  The code isn't OS-specific.  Are you sure that the input data is
the same on both systems?  Or perhaps there is some translation
difference that puts them into different categories?  Or is there an
ordering difference?

> Just thought I'd share!
>
> Thanks,
> Robin
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-derek

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