Error parsing file on OS X

Derek Atkins warlord at MIT.EDU
Fri Sep 13 10:10:30 EDT 2013


Hi,

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

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

Like I said, look for a transaction with the datestamp of "Sun Aug 25
08:02:23 2013", I.e, "2013-08-25 08:02:23".  I don't recall whether the
logfile is going to print in localtime or GMT, so the '08" might be off.

> 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 ?  

Yes, like I said, find the transaction with the above timestamp, and
then look at that transaction and whatever is *next* in your datafile.

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

You're welcome to send it to me.

> Thanks in advance.
>
> With best regards,

-derek

> P S Prem
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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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> -derek
>
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