On Fri, Jun 12, 2009 at 06:19:14AM -0500, Dirk Eddelbuettel wrote: > | > | Oddly enough I received the following error messages > | > | Use of uninitialized value $b[2] in join or string at > /usr/share/perl5/Finance/YahooQuote.pm line 88. > | Ignoring symbol ^XCV with unparseable date > | Ignoring symbol ^XEU with unparseable date > > Yes, that is the 'Yahoo for daily data problem'. The code I have here has a > an alternative to Yahoo! for _historical_ data, which is different (as it > applies to 'fxbackpopulate' only. > > We can the --ubcfx option which uses the service at the Univ of British > Columbia in Vancouver. So also try > > beancounter --ubcfx --extrafx SEK update > Using ubcfx does not alter the warnings. I have now added two more currencies: GBP and HKD. They did not work. (eg No luck with symbol ^XBX)
> | I will come back to you on this as I want to check my data first: it > | could be due to sloppy entering of data. > > Ok. Yahoo! does create warnings. We may need to think about a new source for > FX. > Checked dates, all seem ok In terms of other sites: I currently find www.oanda.com very nice but a pain, came across http://www.x-rates.com/developers.html http://www.imf.org/external/np/fin/ert/GUI/Pages/CountryDataBase.aspx -- Henry Photocopies or faxes of my signature are not binding. Digital Key Signature: GPG RSA 0xFB447AA1 Sat Jun 13 09:58:08 BST 2009 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
