Yes, the date-format and number-format ambiguities exist in CSV import as well. Or at least I would assume they do.
-derek Quoting Chintan Agarwal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > I guess the complications in QIF import is due to the ambiguities > involved in the data of QIF files(like date formats etc.). Are such > issues present in CSV too. In that case, apart from the parsing part, > much of the code could be similar! > As for the QIF import, I think the existing scheme code gives a good > indication about the issues that would have to be handled. > -Chintan > > On 5/30/07, Derek Atkins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> My personal feeling: >> >> Feel free to use these modules as guidance, but I think we want >> the parsers written in C, not PERL. >> >> -derek >> >> "Albert Lash" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> >> > Hi Benny, >> > >> > I just happen to have examined the code for Finance::IIF, and I'm >> surprised >> > at how similar the IIF format is to TSV (tab separated values). If what I >> > think is correct, IIF is TSV. I realize you are talking about QIF, but >> since >> > you also mentioned CSV, it might be an easy addition to include IIF files >> as >> > well. >> > >> > There are two perl modules which might be of use to you: >> > Finance::IIF (already mentioned) >> > Finance::QIF >> > >> > They are available on Sourceforge and CPAN and are recently updated. I >> don't >> > think that Quickbooks can export everything to IIF format (ie >> transactions), >> > but the fact that it can export the chart of accounts makes it a valuable >> > conduit. Also worth considering, I believe Intuit is dropping IIF in lieu >> > of qbXML in the latest version. >> > >> > For what its worth, I've done some digging on the subject and came up with >> > these useful URLs: >> > >> > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg09127.html >> > >> > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/pipermail/plug/2004-March/029973.html >> > >> > Good luck! >> > >> > Albert >> > http://www.pbooks.org/ >> > >> >> -- >> Derek Atkins, SB '93 MIT EE, SM '95 MIT Media Laboratory >> Member, MIT Student Information Processing Board (SIPB) >> URL: http://web.mit.edu/warlord/ PP-ASEL-IA N1NWH >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] PGP key available >> _______________________________________________ >> gnucash-devel mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-devel >> > -- Derek Atkins, SB '93 MIT EE, SM '95 MIT Media Laboratory Member, MIT Student Information Processing Board (SIPB) URL: http://web.mit.edu/warlord/ PP-ASEL-IA N1NWH [EMAIL PROTECTED] PGP key available _______________________________________________ gnucash-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-devel
