[GNC] Transaction inconsistency when deleting account

[Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)]

On 2023-09-04 21:28, Jediator wrote:
> Let's not to discuss whether it's a good idea or not to delete an
> account that contains transactions.  It's a valid user function in GC to
> delete a non-empty account. 

I've never done that myself, but from discussions I followed here in the
past, when you delete an account that has transactions, GC prompts you
to specify an account to move those transactions to. Did that not happen
for you?
 > If you follow the double-entry accounting
> rule, the related transactions in other accounts should be deleted.

I beg to differ. Just deleting an account can't change the past. Those
transactions represent events that happened, and deleting the account
can't make them unhappen; they must continue to exist *somewhere*. Maybe
going to Imbalance is what happens if you don't give GC an account to
move them to?

What happens when you go into the Imbalance account register, click a
line, and click Jump in the icon row at the top? I suspect GC will take
you to the other half of that transaction, but it would be nice to
confirm that. If that's what happens, then I would say GC behaved as it
should. If you really want to delete those transactions (though I don't
understand why), you should be able to do it, one by one, in the
Imbalance account register. (As far as I know, there's no way to mass
delete transactions.)

Stan Brown
Tehachapi, CA, USA
https://BrownMath.com/