[GNC] Online quotes problem

Fri Jun 8 13:19:22 EDT 2018

Hi Graham,

Am 08.06.2018 um 18:40 schrieb Graham Balin:
> Hey guys n gals,
> 
> I'm afraid I'm getting a bit out of my depth here. Keep having problems
> getting online updates of stocks. Been through the archives but none of
> it seems relevant to me on this topic.
> 
> Tried re-installing the perl installer [on Win 10]and it seemed to be
> fine. Only problem is I still get 'unknown error' message when I try to
> 'get quotes'.
> 
> As per the guide, I tried c:\Program Files (x86)\gnucash\bin>gnc-fq-dump
> -v yahoo USDEUR=X. .....got:

Last November Yahoo has shut down its CSV interface. That was broadly
discussed here. You can find the summary in
https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/FAQ#Q:_Why_doesn.27t_online_quoting_work.3F

> 'gnc-fq-dump' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
> operable program or batch file.
> 
> Then I tried
> 
> c:\Program Files (x86)\gnucash\bin>echo (yahoo "CSCO") | perl gnc-fq-helper
> 
> and I got:
> 
> Use of uninitialized value $year in numeric lt (<) at
> C:/strawberry/perl/site/lib/Finance/Quote.pm line 750, <> line 1.
> Use of uninitialized value $month in pattern match (m//) at
> C:/strawberry/perl/site/lib/Finance/Quote.pm line 768, <> line 1.
> Use of uninitialized value $month in sprintf at
> C:/strawberry/perl/site/lib/Finance/Quote.pm line 773, <> line 1.
> Use of uninitialized value $day in sprintf at
> C:/strawberry/perl/site/lib/Finance/Quote.pm line 773, <> line 1.
> Use of uninitialized value $month in sprintf at
> C:/strawberry/perl/site/lib/Finance/Quote.pm line 774, <> line 1.
> Use of uninitialized value $day in sprintf at
> C:/strawberry/perl/site/lib/Finance/Quote.pm line 774, <> line 1.
> Use of uninitialized value $info{"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-//W3C//"...}
> in substitution (s///) at
> C:/strawberry/perl/site/lib/Finance/Quote/Yahoo/Base.pm line 233, <>
> line 1.
> Use of uninitialized value within %info in pattern match (m//) at
> C:/strawberry/perl/site/lib/Finance/Quote/Yahoo/Base.pm line 238, <>
> line 1.
> (#f)
> I have no idea what is going on, and would value any tips of where to
> go/what to do.
> 
> TIA
> 
> -- 
> 
> Cheerio,
> 
> Graham

Regards
Frank