Investment Types

Les lelliott5 at gmail.com
Tue May 7 14:01:52 EDT 2013


On 05/07/2013 11:44 AM, Derek Atkins wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Les <lelliott5 at gmail.com> writes:
>
>> When I started using GC, I tried to add a foreign stock to my list of
>> investments but failed because I did not understand the codes for
>> different exchanges.  So, I tried to create the stock with a type
>> "template" instead of an exchange (NYSE, etc.) I created it in the
>> security editor.  Is there any way to delete this?
>> Mint Linux with GC 2.4.10.
> I am afraid that you fell into a Bug Trap, from which there is,
> unfortunately, no escape.  I recommend you revert to a backup datafile
> from before you created that security and do it correctly.
>
> Do NOT use the "template" stock type -- it's a bug that it's even
> visible, and it's reserved for internal use.  (I believe this bug has
> been fixed in the 2.5 testing series but was never backported to 2.4).
> Instead, you should have just typed in whatever type you wanted; it's a
> free-form text field that just has some pre-populated entries.
>
> Alas, there is no easy recovery.  That's why I suggest reverting to a
> backup.
>
> Sorry,
>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Les
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> -derek
>
Thanks for the feedback Derek.  I'll try your suggestion after another
backup.

Les


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