might want to look at QIF Master. Generally designed to convert lists
of data into QIF formats but Mr. Wooward may have some other tools to
go the other way also.
c
On Aug 11, 2011, at 5:02 PM, David Brian Chait wrote:
I don't think I have ever heard of anyone directly importing a QIF
into any relational database, you would have to translate the
resulting data into a delimited txt file and then import. You may
want to check to see if Quickbooks has an API that you can use to
access the data natively rather than trying to move it around from
platform to platform.
-----Original Message-----
From: Jan Steinman [mailto:j...@bytesmiths.com]
Sent: Thursday, August 11, 2011 2:37 PM
To: David Brian Chait
Cc: mysql@lists.mysql.com
Subject: Re: Import from Quicken 2004 Mac?
On 11 Aug 11, at 14:17, David Brian Chait wrote:
The QIF file includes a lot of data aside from basic transactions,
what exactly are you trying to end up with at the end of the day?
Simply a copy of your QB data in Mysql?
That would be a good start. We don't need a complete duplicate, but
in my experience, it's easier to get it all and winnow out the bits
you don't want than to selectively import.
That said, we really only need the basic transaction info: date,
payee, amount, memo, category, account from, account to.
This is to reconcile the chart of accounts (in Quick Books) with
project management (in MySQL).
From: Jan Steinman [mailto:j...@bytesmiths.com]
Sent: Thursday, August 11, 2011 2:15 PM
To: mysql@lists.mysql.com
Subject: Import from Quicken 2004 Mac?
I'm looking for ways to import QuickBooks 2010 Mac. I've only just
started researching this, so feel free to "RTFM" me -- with a
proper reference, of course!
I'll be wanting to set up a process to do this periodically (and
hopefully, automagically) for new transactions.
QB 2010 Mac appears to only export ".IIF" format, which appears to
be a variant of the older ".QIF" format, and Google didn't turn up
really anything for getting IIF/QIF files into MySQL. The best I
could find would be importing them into Excel first, then CSV out
of Excel into MySQL, which sounds like a lot of bother and not
readily scriptable for routine use. I find it hard to believe I'm
the first one to ever attempt this!
IIF/QIF seems to be a rather unusual format. Lacking a one-step
MySQL import tool, does anyone know of good parsers and translators
for IIF/QIF that may be useful?
Thanks in advance for any advice offered!
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