Investment Types

[David T.]

Les--

I am sorry to hear that you cannot find a clean backup. I note that another user who encountered this problem found a way to clean this out by manually editing the source XML (see http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1480865). If you do this, be sure that you have a good backup, as editing the source data can quickly screw all your data up. [Aside: Gnucash defaults to storing your data in compressed format. You can change this in the preferences so that you can edit the XML]

David



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 From: Les <lelliott5 at gmail.com>
To: gnucash-user at gnucash.org 
Sent: Tuesday, May 7, 2013 1:53 PM
Subject: Re: Investment Types
 

On 05/07/2013 02:54 PM, David Carlson wrote:
> 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.
>
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"...I would have to go back years to get it out of my data."

That is unfortunately, my problem.  I was unable to find a backup prior
to creating the template. :-(


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