Error parsing file on OS X

[Parameswaran S Prem]

Hi Derek,

Thanks...

I scanned through the data file.   I am not familiar with XML files and 
not very sure what to look for :-(

I was trying to find whether I could see <trn:date-posted> and 
<trn:date-entered> pairs (as below).  I didn't find any broken pairs. 

<trn:date-posted>
    <ts:date>2013-08-21 00:00:00 +0800</ts:date>
</trn:date-posted>
<trn:date-entered>
    <ts:date>2013-08-25 07:34:52 +0800</ts:date>
</trn:date-entered> 

Is there anything elase I should look for ? 

I don't mind sharing my datafile if someone can help me look at it. 

Thanks in advance. 

With best regards,

P S Prem
GMU(AP) System z Software, IM Technical Lead
IBM Software Group Asia Pacific, Growth Market Unit,
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From:   Derek Atkins <warlord at MIT.EDU>
To:     Parameswaran S Prem/Singapore/IBM at IBMSG
Cc:     "Subramanian Venkateswaran \[via GnuCash\]" 
<ml-node+s1415818n4664027h59 at n4.nabble.com>, gnucash-user at gnucash.org
Date:   11/09/2013 11:02 PM
Subject:        Re: Error parsing file on OS X



Hi,

Parameswaran S Prem <premps at sg.ibm.com> writes:

> Hi Subramanian,
>
> Thanks for the tip.
>
> As suggested, I tried to open older versions of the file.  They also 
gave 
> me the same error.   The oldest version I tried was of 4th Aug.   I 
> couldn't open it.  I have used GnuCash many times between 4th Aug and 
last 
> week.  It was working ok. 
>
> Should I try to re-install GnuCash ?
>
> With best regards,

I don't think you need to re-install GnuCash.  But you might want to
take a close look at your data file.  The parse error seems to be after
a transaction with a date/time of Sun, Aug 25 08:02:23 2013, as you can
see from this portion of the trace file:

* 17:08:52  INFO <gnc.engine> [xaccTransSetDateInternal] addr=0x417cb60 
set date to 1377388943.000000000 Sun Aug 25 08:02:23 2013
* 17:08:52  INFO <gnc.engine> [trans_cleanup_commit] get rid of rollback 
trans=0x417ccf8
* 17:08:52  INFO <gnc.engine> [trans_cleanup_commit] get rid of rollback 
trans=0x417cf18
* 17:08:52  CRIT <gnc.backend.file.sixtp> parse failed at:
* 17:08:52  WARN <gnc.backend> [gnc_xml_be_load_from_file()] Syntax error 
in Xml File /Users/premps/Documents/SMA/GNUCash/2013Accounts.gnucash

I would recommend that you look in your data file for the transaction
with this date/time stamp, and then look at the rest of that transaction
and the following transaction in the datafile.  That should give you a
clue as to what might be going on.

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