Possible Bug in reconciliation - Gnucash 2.6 for Mac Mavericks

[John Ralls]

On Jan 12, 2014, at 2:47 PM, Michael Hendry <hendry.michael at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 12 Jan 2014, at 21:14, David T. <sunfish62 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
>> One quick alternative (especially given your assertion that you haven’t created any Scheduled Transactions): I have found that if I set the date in an empty transaction at the end of a register, and then click on another transaction in the register (as might happen if I want to copy an existing transaction and want the default date to be different than today), GnuCash creates a stub record for the date I selected. All I do to fix it is delete the ghost.
>> 
>> In your case, I’d imagine that you did that in each register, but then again, maybe not. 
> 
> Probably not.
> 
> I can’t find any trace of this null transaction in my bank account, nor in the General Ledger, but if I request Reports—>Account Report in either of these it comes up:
> 
> https://www.dropbox.com/s/5lmni9zmalnxifl/Screenshot%202014-01-12%2022.30.46.png
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> It would appear that I’ve created half of a split transaction somehow.
> 
> 30th December 2013 was the date on which I switched over to GC 2.6. I’ve opened the backup I took immediately before the upgrade, and this doesn’t have the offending transaction.
> 
> The ghost transaction is not visible in the account itself, and although it is possible to delete a transaction from the reconciliation window, I’m not sure what would happen if I try it - I’ll wait for 2.61 and tidy up then.
> 

If you open your account file in 2.4.x you’ll be able to see and delete the half-transaction.

Regards,
John Ralls