Importing QIF files

[John Ralls]

> On Feb 2, 2015, at 3:21 AM, Mark Wigmore <mawigmore at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> On 2 February 2015 at 10:56, Mark Wigmore <mawigmore at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> 
>> I'll continue the 'divide and conquer' approach! Thanks,
>> 
> 
> OK, got a bit further this time. The following from the tracefile:
> 
> 904: 29  [string=? "NatWest VISA" #f]
> C:\Program Files
> (x86)\gnucash\share\gnucash/scm/qif-import/qif-to-gnc.scm:904:16: In
> procedure string= in expression (string=? (qif-xtn:from-acct #)
> far-acct-name):
> C:\Program Files
> (x86)\gnucash\share\gnucash/scm/qif-import/qif-to-gnc.scm:904:16: Wrong
> type argument in position 2 (expecting string): #f
> 
> Any ideas what this means please?

It means that the procedure string=? is expecting two strings to compare and instead got a string and a boolean value.
The whole snippet is 
    ;; this is the grind loop.  Go over every unmarked transaction in
    ;; the candidate-xtns list.
    (let xtn-loop ((xtns candidate-xtns))
      (if (and (not (qif-xtn:mark (car xtns)))
               (string=? (qif-xtn:from-acct (car xtns)) far-acct-name))

The reason for the failure can be determined from the nearby code: far-acct-name is initialized to #f and only reset to a valid value if the transaction is a bank transaction, meaning that a separate function gif-xtn:security-name has returned false.

IIRC the QIF importer is only capable of handling basic bank account transactions, not security trades.

Regards,
John Ralls