Importing QIF files

[Derek Atkins]

John Ralls <jralls at ceridwen.us> writes:

> 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.

No, it can import stock and mutual fund transactions.

However it sounds like the QIF file doesn't have the security set?

> Regards,
> John Ralls

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-derek

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