[GNC] Crash when saving mysql to xml

2018-08-29 Thread Uli Hansen
Hallo, for some years I had my gnucash-data on a mysql database. Now I want to move back to xml for different reasons. When saving to xml, gnc is crashing. Searching the mailing list was not successful. Unfotunately I'm not a Linux or  C expert but I tried to collect some information

Re: [GNC] Gnucash 3 in the Debian / Ubuntu pipeline?

2018-08-29 Thread cicko
Plutocrat wrote > On a related note, it seems that as flatpak is available across all > distributions, perhaps the way forward for gnucash, would be to make a > single, gnucash-sanctioned flatpak version available that would run > anywhere on any distribution, and just focus on keeping that up to

Re: [GNC] GC 3.2 Import Price File CSV

2018-08-29 Thread Deva -
Thanks Geert. But please note this was not an issue for me; I was just trying to help another poster with his problems (cc’d on this mail). Bob can rest easy because the OP said he finally solved it. Something to do with the way he exported his price data from a spreadsheet to CSV was the

Re: [GNC] GC 3.2 Import Price File CSV

2018-08-29 Thread Geert Janssens
Oh, I missed that solution post apparently. Thanks for informing me. Regards, Geert Op woensdag 29 augustus 2018 13:11:36 CEST schreef Deva -: > Thanks Geert. > > But please note this was not an issue for me; I was just trying to help > another poster with his problems (cc’d on this mail). >

Re: [GNC] GC 3.2 Import Price File CSV

2018-08-29 Thread D via gnucash-user
I should mention that this thread alerted me to the problems that Excel csv files can cause with the importer. My own attempts to import price data also failed, as I was using Excel as a source. I attempted to use different encoding, as this person did, but none of the many format choices

Re: [GNC] Vendor Bill and Credit Note

2018-08-29 Thread Geert Janssens
Op woensdag 29 augustus 2018 08:08:16 CEST schreef nor via gnucash-user: > hello,Using GNU 2.6.21 on Windows.Vendor Bill received: 1000.00Vendor Credit > note received: 200.00 and recorded as credit note in GNU against VENDORBill > was settled by payment of 800.00Vendor Report shows ZERO Balance

Re: [GNC] Using CSV Importer and Google for Commodity Prices

2018-08-29 Thread Geert Janssens
Op dinsdag 28 augustus 2018 03:29:22 CEST schreef David T. via gnucash-user: > This is the point where I send my gratitude to the GnuCash development > team—and Geert in particular—for working to rewrite the csv importer. Thank > you, Geert! You're welcome :) Although credits go at least in part

Re: [GNC] GC 3.2 Import Price File CSV

2018-08-29 Thread Adrien Monteleone
I don’t use the importer but this sounds like a good candidate for the FAQ or somewhere else appropriate on the wiki, if those of you who are more familiar with the process have the time. If it’s simply a case of ‘import directly, don’t open it in Excel first’ I can certainly add that in

Re: [GNC] Help breaking up a file

2018-08-29 Thread Stan Brown
David Carlson wrote: "I think keeping the file on a local SSD would help, tho I cannot verify by personal experience." I have two laptops, one with a spinny drive and the other with an SSD. In 2.6.19, it seems to take each of them pretty close to a minute to open program + data file. (The

Re: [GNC] Balance Sheet Report Broken

2018-08-29 Thread Adrien Monteleone
Paul, I’m not certain about your specific issue with the balance sheet. I do know there has been some recent discussion on the general topic of equity figures with relation to stocks. (mostly concerning unrealized gains/losses) There is an entirely new version of the balance sheet report being

[GNC] Balance Sheet Report Broken

2018-08-29 Thread Paul Schwartz
I have been using gnucash for many years. I keep my books with the assets valued at their purchase price. The cost basis is important when selling assets.This is easy for most stocks but some require periodic adjustments because of return-of-capital [or similar] events. I have been working with

Re: [GNC] GC 3.2 Import Price File CSV

2018-08-29 Thread Geert Janssens
Op woensdag 29 augustus 2018 21:32:14 CEST schreef David T.: > Geert, > > I have filed Bug 796833 with both a short csv file from my copy of Excel, > and a screenshot of the importer result. > > Cheers, > David > Thanks. Geert ___ gnucash-user

Re: [GNC] Crash when saving mysql to xml

2018-08-29 Thread John Ralls
> On Aug 28, 2018, at 3:04 PM, Uli Hansen wrote: > > Hallo, > > for some years I had my gnucash-data on a mysql database. Now I want to move > back to xml for different reasons. > > When saving to xml, gnc is crashing. > > Searching the mailing list was not successful. > > Unfotunately

Re: [GNC] Balance Sheet Report Broken

2018-08-29 Thread John Ralls
> On Aug 29, 2018, at 9:12 AM, Paul Schwartz wrote: > > I have been using gnucash for many years. I keep my books with the assets > valued at their purchase price. The cost basis is important when selling > assets.This is easy for most stocks but some require periodic adjustments > because of

Re: [GNC] No Disk error

2018-08-29 Thread Arthur
As Colin suggested, I Googled the error message. [Silly of me not to look beyond the gnucash archives.]  I've summarized the 3 suggested solutions which I tried, and I also have a thought for consideration by the developers. First, I have a Dell XPS from 2010 that came with *4* memory card

Re: [GNC] GC 3.2 Import Price File CSV

2018-08-29 Thread David T. via gnucash-user
Geert, I have filed Bug 796833 with both a short csv file from my copy of Excel, and a screenshot of the importer result. Cheers, David > On Aug 29, 2018, at 8:45 AM, Geert Janssens > wrote: > > If you can provide a sample file which you have verified to fail, we may be > able to debug it.