Search and Replace

[Joseph Hesse]

On 01/02/2016 11:02 AM, John Ralls wrote:
>> On Jan 2, 2016, at 8:38 AM, nevyoung <nevyoung at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hi - Is there a search and replace function?
>> I used Quicken for many years but started using Gnucash a year ago. I have
>> been very disappointed in its ability to bulk search and replace Description
>> names that were entered incorrectly or need to be changed for some or other
>> reason.
>>
> No, there is no search-and-replace.
>
> Regards,
> John Ralls
>
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I don't know if the following would work since I have not tried it. 
Export your GC data to a MySQL database. Use appropriate SQL statements 
to make the desired changes. Then import back into GC.
Joe