ofx transaction description problem

[William S Markley]

Here is the log of my American Express online action:

Sending jobs to the bank(s)
Locking user xxxxxx
Sending request...
Connecting to server...
Resolving hostname "online.americanexpress.com" ...
IP address is "12.29.100.240"
Connecting to "online.americanexpress.com"
Connected to "online.americanexpress.com"
Connected.
Sending message...
Message sent.
Waiting for response...
Receiving response...
HTTP-Status: 200 (OK)
Response received.
Disconnecting from server...
Disconnected.
Parsing response...
Parsing response
Status for signon request: Success (Code 0, severity "INFO")
The server successfully processed the request.
Status for transaction statement request: Success (Code 0, severity "INFO")
The server successfully processed the request.
Error parsing response
Unlocking user xxxxxx
Postprocessing jobs
Resetting provider queues

Notice the "Error parsing response" line.  That's probably where the 
problem is, even though I still get the transactions.  Does this help 
anyone?

Bill

On 5/13/2012 9:17 PM, David Carlson wrote:
> On 5/13/2012 10:39 PM, William S Markley wrote:
>    
>> I have been using gnucash and downloading transactions from my bank
>> with OFX.  Recently, the descriptions have been mixed up.
>>
>> For example, the description of a purchase at Stater Bros (grocery
>> store)  is now imported as "2 PURCHASE #651913 PALM SPRINGS CA;
>> STATERBROS126 05-11 CUSTOMER 927" instead of "STATERBROS126 05-11
>> CUSTOMER 9272 PURCHASE #651913 PALM SPRINGS CA; " as it was previously.
>>
>> This just started since I upgraded to gnucash version 2.4.10.
>>
>> Any ideas?
>>
>>      
> It probably is your bank's download service that has changed.  One of
> the banks that I use seems to change the format of certain transaction's
> descriptions from time to time.  Also, the format will be somewhat
> different for debit transactions vs credit transactions on the same card
> because they are processed differently.  It appears that some characters
> are truncated off the end of the description in your case.  I see that
> in some of my ofx downloads too, but for me it seems to vary depending
> on the source institution.
>
> David C
>    
>
>
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William S Markley
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