I think you might also want the price-source URL as a part of the Security tuple.
-derek [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Linas Vepstas) writes: > Hmm, maybe we should start a CDDB-like service for fund ID's. > > I could run a little database on www.gnucash.org that contained a > smattering of fund names and ID numbers. It shouldn't be hard to write > the extension to gnucash to query the server for an ID, given the fund > name. Say something like the following screenshot: > > You asked for 'AGF Canadian Aggressive'. > Did you mean 'AGF Canadian Aggressive All-Cap Fund', > fund number 1726 on www.agf.com, > recent price is $CAD 42.42? > ()yes () no > > If there's a list of more than one match, then there might be several > choices displayed. > > ============== > > But of course, for this to work, we need lots of good data in the > database. And for that, we need feedback. After a user has set things > up, and has verified that they're getting good prices back, they could > hit a 'send-to' button, and have the association emailed into the > www.gnucash.org fund-id server. Given the tens of thousands or more > of gnucash users, the database shoulf fill up pretty quick. > > Anyone care to write the code to do this ?? > > --linas > > > -- > pub 1024D/01045933 2001-02-01 Linas Vepstas (Labas!) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > PGP Key fingerprint = 8305 2521 6000 0B5E 8984 3F54 64A9 9A82 0104 5933 > _______________________________________________ > gnucash-devel mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.gnumatic.com/cgi-bin/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] http://www.gnumatic.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-devel
