Investment Types

[David Carlson]

On 5/7/2013 1:01 PM, Les wrote:
> 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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I, for one, fell into that trap years ago.  I hope that if it ever gets
fixed the fix includes removal of the "Template" from the existing
databases, as I would have to go back years to get it out of my data.

David C