Well that would implicate data corruption Sent from my iPhone
> On Apr 12, 2022, at 10:20 AM, David T. <sunfis...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > Reconciled entries *are* marked read only. If you aren't getting a notice on > editing, it's because you told gnucash not to notify you any more. That can > be reset somewhere in the preferences. > > David > > >> On April 12, 2022 5:25:51 AM PDT, "R. Victor Klassen" <rvklas...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> I run into such issues once in every one or two blue moons. The starting >> balance is off. >> I’ve reconciled successfully the previous month, but something somehow >> (dis)appeared in the meantime. I assume it disappeared, although the >> symptoms could be generated by something appearing. >> >> I hope it’s more than a year old, and live with it. Meaning I do a balance >> adjustment and move on. >> >> It’s disturbing, but the size of my file is such that I have no reasonable >> means of tracking down whatever may have happened. >> >> Possible that it’s user error, but unlikely. Possible that it results from >> one of the periodic crashes I experience, or power failures, that appear to >> be fully recovered from at the time. Pretty much impossible to reproduce. >> If it is due to user error, that would be an argument in favour of the >> ability to mark old transactions as read-only. Yes I’m very aware that >> “read-only” can be worked around. But when it’s about protecting one from >> oneself, that kind of read-only could be useful. If it’s due to bit >> rot/power glitches/crash recovery, not so much. >> >>> On Apr 12, 2022, at 6:09 AM, Liz <ed...@billiau.net> wrote: >>> >>> On Mon, 11 Apr 2022 14:36:41 -0700 (PDT) >>> Rich Shepard <rshep...@appl-ecosys.com> wrote: >>> >>>> Every now and then one of my bank accounts doesn't reconcile because >>>> what the bank shows differs from what GnuCash shows. The amounts are >>>> significant. What puzzles me is that the previous month's balances >>>> (bank and GC) match and so do all the transactions. But, the end of >>>> month balances don't match. >>> >>> Rich when I get into a mess, I do very small increments on the >>> reconcile. For example, just choosing a date about 10 transactions >>> down, or one week, and then I will go through very slowly, doing small >>> chunks. >>> Assume this is one month, and I am doing weekly... >>> I find the bank's ending balance for 7th of month, put 7th of correct >>> month and the balance from the bank statement into the reconcile >>> dialogue, and check off that week's items from the bank statement. When >>> the residual is zero, I mark finished, and move forward to the 14th. >>> (Procedure loops) >>> >>> By looking at such a small number of transactions it is possible to >>> find whatever the errors are. >>> I too have been on Gnucash for a couple of decades, but still found 4 >>> errors in one file this March, payments not entered as received, and >>> digit transposition. >>> >>> I hope you find what is happening and let us know. >>> >>> liz >>> gnucash-user mailing list >>> gnucash-user@gnucash.org >>> To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: >>> https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user >>> If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see >>> https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. >>> Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. >>> You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. >> gnucash-user mailing list >> gnucash-user@gnucash.org >> To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: >> https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user >> If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see >> https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. >> Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. >> You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.