[GNC] Search not working

[Xe Roy]

When I search for 19.26 I get no results even though I just entered a 
transaction for that amount.
I selected NUMBER as the search criteria.
I tried NEW SEARCH and REFINE SEARCH.
I tried CONTAINS and EQUALS.
I tried ALL CRITERIA and ANY CRITERIA.
What's the trick to searching for an amount?



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[GNC] Fw: Unable to add new scheduled transaction

[Xe Roy]

The bug response was to click ENTER after entering the transaction.
This solved the problem.
I didn't used to have to do that, but it's not a big deal.
I added that last step to my checklist for creating new scheduled transactions.



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Sent: Monday, September 18, 2023 9:13 AM
To: Gyle McCollam ; gnucash-user@gnucash.org 

Subject: Re: [GNC] Unable to add new scheduled transaction

Thanks. I reported the bug.


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From: Gyle McCollam 
Sent: Monday, September 18, 2023 8:44 AM
To: Xe Roy ; gnucash-user@gnucash.org 

Subject: Re: Unable to add new scheduled transaction

Nothing has changed.  The third step where you create debits and credits needs 
to be entered before you can create the scheduled transaction.  I have gotten 
this message before when the third step is not completed correctly or at all.  
Since you have created these before, there must be an error as I don't think 
you skipped this step.


Thank You,

Gyle McCollam

Gyle McCollam

gmccol...@live.com<mailto:gmccol...@gyleshomes.com>   email


From: gnucash-user  on 
behalf of Xe Roy 
Sent: Monday, September 18, 2023 12:25 PM
To: gnucash-user@gnucash.org 
Subject: [GNC] Unable to add new scheduled transaction

This is the first time I have tried to add a new scheduled transaction with 
version 5.3.
I have entered a bunch of these in the past and they work fine.
When I try to add one now, I get this error:
scheduled transactions without a template transaction cannot be automatically 
created
But, the template is there and it looks like any other template I have done in 
the past.
What has changed?


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Re: [GNC] Unable to add new scheduled transaction

[Xe Roy]

Thanks. I reported the bug.


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From: Gyle McCollam 
Sent: Monday, September 18, 2023 8:44 AM
To: Xe Roy ; gnucash-user@gnucash.org 

Subject: Re: Unable to add new scheduled transaction

Nothing has changed.  The third step where you create debits and credits needs 
to be entered before you can create the scheduled transaction.  I have gotten 
this message before when the third step is not completed correctly or at all.  
Since you have created these before, there must be an error as I don't think 
you skipped this step.


Thank You,

Gyle McCollam

Gyle McCollam

gmccol...@live.com<mailto:gmccol...@gyleshomes.com>   email


From: gnucash-user  on 
behalf of Xe Roy 
Sent: Monday, September 18, 2023 12:25 PM
To: gnucash-user@gnucash.org 
Subject: [GNC] Unable to add new scheduled transaction

This is the first time I have tried to add a new scheduled transaction with 
version 5.3.
I have entered a bunch of these in the past and they work fine.
When I try to add one now, I get this error:
scheduled transactions without a template transaction cannot be automatically 
created
But, the template is there and it looks like any other template I have done in 
the past.
What has changed?


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Re: [GNC] Unable to add new scheduled transaction

[Xe Roy]

Thanks for verifying. Of course, the scheduled transactions are useless without 
the template, so I think I've found a bug.
Is a developer monitoring these emails or do I need to report this somewhere?


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From: Gyle McCollam 
Sent: Monday, September 18, 2023 9:01 AM
To: Xe Roy ; gnucash-user@gnucash.org 

Subject: Re: Unable to add new scheduled transaction

I was able to get the message you got, but I was also able to create a new 
scheduled transaction without filling out the template transaction, so I don't 
know exactly what's going on.


Thank You,

Gyle McCollam

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From: gnucash-user  on 
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Sent: Monday, September 18, 2023 12:25 PM
To: gnucash-user@gnucash.org 
Subject: [GNC] Unable to add new scheduled transaction

This is the first time I have tried to add a new scheduled transaction with 
version 5.3.
I have entered a bunch of these in the past and they work fine.
When I try to add one now, I get this error:
scheduled transactions without a template transaction cannot be automatically 
created
But, the template is there and it looks like any other template I have done in 
the past.
What has changed?


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Re: [GNC] Unable to add new scheduled transaction

[Xe Roy]

I have created the debits and credits like all the others.
I have a checklist that I follow.


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From: Gyle McCollam 
Sent: Monday, September 18, 2023 8:44 AM
To: Xe Roy ; gnucash-user@gnucash.org 

Subject: Re: Unable to add new scheduled transaction

Nothing has changed.  The third step where you create debits and credits needs 
to be entered before you can create the scheduled transaction.  I have gotten 
this message before when the third step is not completed correctly or at all.  
Since you have created these before, there must be an error as I don't think 
you skipped this step.


Thank You,

Gyle McCollam

Gyle McCollam

gmccol...@live.com<mailto:gmccol...@gyleshomes.com>   email


From: gnucash-user  on 
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Sent: Monday, September 18, 2023 12:25 PM
To: gnucash-user@gnucash.org 
Subject: [GNC] Unable to add new scheduled transaction

This is the first time I have tried to add a new scheduled transaction with 
version 5.3.
I have entered a bunch of these in the past and they work fine.
When I try to add one now, I get this error:
scheduled transactions without a template transaction cannot be automatically 
created
But, the template is there and it looks like any other template I have done in 
the past.
What has changed?


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[GNC] Unable to add new scheduled transaction

[Xe Roy]

This is the first time I have tried to add a new scheduled transaction with 
version 5.3.
I have entered a bunch of these in the past and they work fine.
When I try to add one now, I get this error:
scheduled transactions without a template transaction cannot be automatically 
created
But, the template is there and it looks like any other template I have done in 
the past.
What has changed?


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[GNC] ACCOUNTS tab - how to show today's balances

[Xe Roy]

The TOTAL column of the ACCOUNTS tab shows the balance of each account, 
including future scheduled transactions.
Is there a way to show the total as-of today without applying future 
transactions?


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[GNC] Signed installer for latest version

[Xe Roy]

I downloaded 5.1 yesterday but got an error on Windows that it is unsigned.
Will there be a signed version?



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Re: [GNC] How to force y in reconcile field

[Xe Roy]

It looks like the FINISH button only is active if there is zero difference.
I will have to wait for the next statement in order to reconcile and get a zero 
difference.


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From: Derek Atkins 
Sent: Thursday, February 2, 2023 10:21 AM
To: Xe Roy 
Cc: Phyllis Bruce ; Derek Atkins ; 
gnucash-u...@lists.gnucash.org 
Subject: Re: [GNC] How to force y in reconcile field

Did you set the correct ending balance?

-derek

On Thu, February 2, 2023 2:13 pm, Xe Roy wrote:
> I tried reconcile again per derek suggestion.
> I set the date to the same date as before.
> I clicked the two transactions that need to be reconciled.
> I clicked RECONCILE SELECTION but the FINISH button is grayed preventing
> this process to complete.
>
>
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> 
> From: Phyllis Bruce 
> Sent: Thursday, February 2, 2023 9:32 AM
> To: Derek Atkins 
> Cc: Xe Roy ; gnucash-u...@lists.gnucash.org
> 
> Subject: Re: [GNC] How to force y in reconcile field
>
> Derek, I like your solution best.  I've made the mistake of reconciling to
> the balance in my account without waiting for the statement.  It really
> took some head scratching to figure how to correct it later when I did
> receive the statement.  But can you change either the date or the ending
> balance?  In my case, I had an ending balance that was different on the
> official statement.  Hope that's not too convoluted to be understood.
>
> On Thu, Feb 2, 2023 at 12:27 PM Derek Atkins
> mailto:de...@ihtfp.com>> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On Thu, February 2, 2023 1:14 pm, Xe Roy wrote:
>> I am new user who made a mistake in a previous reconcile.
>> To correct the mistake, I need to change 2 transactions from n to y in
>> the
>> reconcile field.
>> I see that is not possible via the program, so do I have to edit the
>> .gnucash file or is there a better way?
>
> Just re-run the reconcile with the same ending date and balance as the
> previous time, so you can re-reconcile those transactions.
>
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Re: [GNC] How to force y in reconcile field

[Xe Roy]

I tried reconcile again per derek suggestion.
I set the date to the same date as before.
I clicked the two transactions that need to be reconciled.
I clicked RECONCILE SELECTION but the FINISH button is grayed preventing this 
process to complete.


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From: Phyllis Bruce 
Sent: Thursday, February 2, 2023 9:32 AM
To: Derek Atkins 
Cc: Xe Roy ; gnucash-u...@lists.gnucash.org 

Subject: Re: [GNC] How to force y in reconcile field

Derek, I like your solution best.  I've made the mistake of reconciling to the 
balance in my account without waiting for the statement.  It really took some 
head scratching to figure how to correct it later when I did receive the 
statement.  But can you change either the date or the ending balance?  In my 
case, I had an ending balance that was different on the official statement.  
Hope that's not too convoluted to be understood.

On Thu, Feb 2, 2023 at 12:27 PM Derek Atkins 
mailto:de...@ihtfp.com>> wrote:
Hi,

On Thu, February 2, 2023 1:14 pm, Xe Roy wrote:
> I am new user who made a mistake in a previous reconcile.
> To correct the mistake, I need to change 2 transactions from n to y in the
> reconcile field.
> I see that is not possible via the program, so do I have to edit the
> .gnucash file or is there a better way?

Just re-run the reconcile with the same ending date and balance as the
previous time, so you can re-reconcile those transactions.

> Please remember to CC this list on all your replies.
> You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.

-derek

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[GNC] How to force y in reconcile field

[Xe Roy]

I am new user who made a mistake in a previous reconcile.
To correct the mistake, I need to change 2 transactions from n to y in the 
reconcile field.
I see that is not possible via the program, so do I have to edit the .gnucash 
file or is there a better way?



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Re: [GNC] How to move a transaction with splits from one top-level account to another - take 2

[Xe Roy]

David T.

Thanks.
Your advice makes sense.
Since I have already created my credit card accounts as top-level accounts and 
they have about a month's worth of data, is it possible to move them to another 
account?
Example: move VISA to LIABILITIES > CREDIT CARDS > VISA



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From: David T. 
Sent: Thursday, January 19, 2023 6:02 AM
To: Xe Roy 
Cc: Phyllis Bruce ; Fross, Michael ; 
gnucash-user@gnucash.org 
Subject: Re: [GNC] How to move a transaction with splits from one top-level 
account to another - take 2

Xe Roy,

Just a note that it's more common to structure your GnuCash accounts with just 
five top level accounts:

Assets
Liabilities
Equity
Income
Expenses

You'd put the "Credit Cards" account under Liabilities, with each credit card 
in its own account within Credit Cards,  like so:

Liabilities
- Credit Cards
- - Visa
- - Mastercard

This groups the accounts in ways that make reporting clearer and easier.

David T.
On Jan 19, 2023, at 2:07 AM, Xe Roy 
mailto:xe...@hotmail.com>> wrote:

Thanks everyone for your patience.
I finally got it.
I had to click on the transaction > click SPLITS > then find the line in the 
splits that says MASTER CARD > change that to VISA > ENTER




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From: Phyllis Bruce 
Sent: Wednesday, January 18, 2023 1:00 PM
To: Fross, Michael 
Cc: Xe Roy ; gnucash-user@gnucash.org 

Subject: Re: [GNC] How to move a transaction with splits from one top-level 
account to another - take 2

Xe Roy,

You will find if you just change your top level account in the transaction, the 
splits will follow it.  Just as Michael described above.  I've used jump but I 
find it just as easy to make that one correction.
Additionally, if you found you chose the wrong account for one of your splits, 
just change it to the correct account and only that split gets changed.

Hth - po

On Wed, Jan 18, 2023 at 3:40 PM Fross, Michael 
mailto:mich...@fross.org>> wrote:
When I notice I've placed a transaction in the wrong spot, I "jump" to the
matching transaction and correct the credit card.  For example:

I put my Walmart grocery into the CreditCard1 account instead of the
CreditCard2 account.  I noticed this in the CreditCard1 account.

1. "Jump" to the matching transaction.  So now I am in the Grocery account.
2. Change that transaction to be CreditCard2 instead of the incorrect
CreditCard1 account.
3. Press enter.

The transaction in Grocery is fine, but you'll find it's gone from
CreditCard1 and now resides in CreditCard2.  The "Jump" command is your
friend.

Michael

On Wed, Jan 18, 2023 at 3:31 PM Xe Roy 
mailto:xe...@hotmail.com>> wrote:

 I asked this question earlier but initial responses made me realize more
 detail was necessary.

 I am a newby to gnucash ... trying to switch from Quicken to gnucash.
 A mistake I regularly make is to enter a transaction into the wrong
 account.
 I'll have several accounts open and I just forget to switch.
 In Quicken, I just move the transaction (splits and all) to the new
 account.
 The Internet chatter I've found so far lead me to believe this feature is
 missing from gnucash.
 I hope that's not true because it would really cause me excessive hassle.
 I hope there is a way to move a transaction (including any splits) to
 another account.

 Here is an example which illustrates a typical situation:
 Let's say I have two credit cards, VISA and MASTER CARD.
 Each has their own top-level CREDIT CARD account in gnucash, and each has
 its own tab in gnucash.
 I meant to enter a transaction in VISA but accidently entered it in MASTER
 CARD.
 The transaction is for $10 with WALMART in the description.
 So, the main entry shows $10 and the splits show $5 to the clothing
 account and $5 to the food account.
 I want to move the entire WALMART transaction, including the splits, from
 the MASTER CARD top-level account to the VISA top-level account in one easy
 step.
 This is easily doable in Quicken by right-clicking anywhere in the
 transaction, clicking MOVE, and selecting the new account VISA.
 How is this done in gnucash?



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Re: [GNC] How to move a transaction with splits from one top-level account to another - take 2

[Xe Roy]

Thanks everyone for your patience.
I finally got it.
I had to click on the transaction > click SPLITS > then find the line in the 
splits that says MASTER CARD > change that to VISA > ENTER




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From: Phyllis Bruce 
Sent: Wednesday, January 18, 2023 1:00 PM
To: Fross, Michael 
Cc: Xe Roy ; gnucash-user@gnucash.org 

Subject: Re: [GNC] How to move a transaction with splits from one top-level 
account to another - take 2

Xe Roy,

You will find if you just change your top level account in the transaction, the 
splits will follow it.  Just as Michael described above.  I've used jump but I 
find it just as easy to make that one correction.
Additionally, if you found you chose the wrong account for one of your splits, 
just change it to the correct account and only that split gets changed.

Hth - po

On Wed, Jan 18, 2023 at 3:40 PM Fross, Michael 
mailto:mich...@fross.org>> wrote:
When I notice I've placed a transaction in the wrong spot, I "jump" to the
matching transaction and correct the credit card.  For example:

I put my Walmart grocery into the CreditCard1 account instead of the
CreditCard2 account.  I noticed this in the CreditCard1 account.

1. "Jump" to the matching transaction.  So now I am in the Grocery account.
2. Change that transaction to be CreditCard2 instead of the incorrect
CreditCard1 account.
3. Press enter.

The transaction in Grocery is fine, but you'll find it's gone from
CreditCard1 and now resides in CreditCard2.  The "Jump" command is your
friend.

Michael

On Wed, Jan 18, 2023 at 3:31 PM Xe Roy 
mailto:xe...@hotmail.com>> wrote:

> I asked this question earlier but initial responses made me realize more
> detail was necessary.
>
> I am a newby to gnucash ... trying to switch from Quicken to gnucash.
> A mistake I regularly make is to enter a transaction into the wrong
> account.
> I'll have several accounts open and I just forget to switch.
> In Quicken, I just move the transaction (splits and all) to the new
> account.
> The Internet chatter I've found so far lead me to believe this feature is
> missing from gnucash.
> I hope that's not true because it would really cause me excessive hassle.
> I hope there is a way to move a transaction (including any splits) to
> another account.
>
> Here is an example which illustrates a typical situation:
> Let's say I have two credit cards, VISA and MASTER CARD.
> Each has their own top-level CREDIT CARD account in gnucash, and each has
> its own tab in gnucash.
> I meant to enter a transaction in VISA but accidently entered it in MASTER
> CARD.
> The transaction is for $10 with WALMART in the description.
> So, the main entry shows $10 and the splits show $5 to the clothing
> account and $5 to the food account.
> I want to move the entire WALMART transaction, including the splits, from
> the MASTER CARD top-level account to the VISA top-level account in one easy
> step.
> This is easily doable in Quicken by right-clicking anywhere in the
> transaction, clicking MOVE, and selecting the new account VISA.
> How is this done in gnucash?
>
>
>
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[GNC] How to move a transaction with splits from one top-level account to another - take 2

[Xe Roy]

I asked this question earlier but initial responses made me realize more detail 
was necessary.

I am a newby to gnucash ... trying to switch from Quicken to gnucash.
A mistake I regularly make is to enter a transaction into the wrong account.
I'll have several accounts open and I just forget to switch.
In Quicken, I just move the transaction (splits and all) to the new account.
The Internet chatter I've found so far lead me to believe this feature is 
missing from gnucash.
I hope that's not true because it would really cause me excessive hassle.
I hope there is a way to move a transaction (including any splits) to another 
account.

Here is an example which illustrates a typical situation:
Let's say I have two credit cards, VISA and MASTER CARD.
Each has their own top-level CREDIT CARD account in gnucash, and each has its 
own tab in gnucash.
I meant to enter a transaction in VISA but accidently entered it in MASTER CARD.
The transaction is for $10 with WALMART in the description.
So, the main entry shows $10 and the splits show $5 to the clothing account and 
$5 to the food account.
I want to move the entire WALMART transaction, including the splits, from the 
MASTER CARD top-level account to the VISA top-level account in one easy step.
This is easily doable in Quicken by right-clicking anywhere in the transaction, 
clicking MOVE, and selecting the new account VISA.
How is this done in gnucash?



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[GNC] How to move a transaction

[Xe Roy]

I am a newby to gnucash but an old hand at Quicken.
A mistake I regularly make is to enter a transaction into the wrong account.
I'll have several accounts open and I just forget to switch.
In Quicken, I just move the transaction (splits and all) to the new account.
The Internet chatter I've found so far lead me to believe this feature is 
missing from gnucash.
I hope that's not true because it would really cause me excessive hassle.
I hope there is a way to move a transaction (including any splits) to another 
account.



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Re: [GNC] Crash on account delete

[Xe Roy]

Thanks.
I'll go with MySQL.
Is there anything I need to do to force GnuCash to use MySQL other than simply 
do a SAVE AS to MySQL?


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From: gnucash-user  on 
behalf of Adrien Monteleone 
Sent: Sunday, January 1, 2023 3:50 PM
To: gnucash-u...@lists.gnucash.org 
Subject: Re: [GNC] Crash on account delete

On 1/1/23 6:36 PM, Xe Roy wrote:
> I have the latest version 4.13 downloaded yesterday running on Windows 11 on 
> AMD Ryzen 9 5950x.

Thanks for the clarification, and good to know you are up to date.

> I can't remember if the account I was trying to delete was the placeholder or 
> the subaccount.

That makes it harder to try to duplicate, and it might be important, but
'til then...

> There were no transactions in the account or the subaccount.
Good to know. There otherwise shouldn't have been a loss of data, except...

> When I re-ran GnuCash I got the UNABLE TO OBTAIN LOCK error.
> The only option that worked was to ignore the error.
Usually the case after a crash, nothing out of the ordinary here,

> The lost transactions were in other accounts.
> I assume that when the program crashed, I lost everything since the last 
> automatic save.
Highly likely.

Investigate your auto-save interval in the meantime. Maybe a shorter one
will help, or else:

Make a copy of your file and do some tests.

Recreate the accounts you desired to delete.

Do a manual save.

Delete the desired account(s)

What happens?

If you reproduce the crash, that's technically a good thing, because
you've not only identified a problem, you can reproduce it so the
developers can too, and most likely fix it. (the hard to reproduce stuff
is the most difficult to fix, because it can be nearly impossible to
figure out what the cause)

If all goes as expected, then I'd chalk it up to something weird. Not
necessarily 'not a bug' but not quite yet identifiable.

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Here's where one of the benefits of the various SQL backends kicks in,
as David H. mentioned : instant auto-save.

If you get a crash using one of them, you *may* only loose data pending
to be saved, not other transactions already committed. With the XML
format, you'll lose anything within the time window of your auto-save
preference.

Regards,
Adrien

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Re: [GNC] Crash on account delete

[Xe Roy]

I have the latest version 4.13 downloaded yesterday running on Windows 11 on 
AMD Ryzen 9 5950x.
I can't remember if the account I was trying to delete was the placeholder or 
the subaccount.
There were no transactions in the account or the subaccount.
When I re-ran GnuCash I got the UNABLE TO OBTAIN LOCK error.
The only option that worked was to ignore the error.
The lost transactions were in other accounts.
I assume that when the program crashed, I lost everything since the last 
automatic save.



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From: gnucash-user  on 
behalf of Adrien Monteleone 
Sent: Sunday, January 1, 2023 3:23 PM
To: gnucash-u...@lists.gnucash.org 
Subject: Re: [GNC] Crash on account delete

First,

Welcome to GnuCash!

As with most issues, but particularly with crashes, can you provide the
version of GnuCash you are using and the Operating System?

Now, for some additional detail questions:

1. Did the account you were trying delete contain transactions? If not,
was it set as a 'placeholder' account specifically, or simply not used?

2. Did the sub-account(s) contain transactions? Were any of them
placeholders?

When you re-opened your file, what, as best you can determine, was
missing? Was it only transactions related to the affected account and
sub-accounts, or were entirely un-related transactions also missing?

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As to the question of "is GnuCash buggy" I'd say, *all* software has
bugs. Some are known, some not.

For GnuCash, bugs that cause crashes or erroneously delete/change data
are top priority based on what I gather from how the developers react.
(that might even be official 'policy')

The steps are usually:

1. Detail the circumstances
2. Try to reliably reproduce it with a set list of steps
3. Rule out user error. (I don't think that is the case here, other than
trying to delete an account that contained sub-accounts)

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With respect to the question of data file formats, that is simply a
personal choice based on needs outside of GnuCash. Each has their
advantages.

There is nothing inherently inferior about the default XML backend.

Additionally, all formats are treated the same by GnuCash itself. All
are loaded entirely into memory and accessed accordingly. GnuCash is not
yet a 'proper' database application.

Regards,
Adrien

On 1/1/23 6:02 PM, Xe Roy wrote:
> I am a new user using GnuCash for the first time.
> About an hour into adding transactions, I already crashed the program.
> I was trying to delete an empty account that had a subaccount.
> Then the program disappeared and I lost the last few inputs.
> Is GnuCash buggy?
> Should I switch from XML to one of the database formats?

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[GNC] Crash on account delete

[Xe Roy]

I am a new user using GnuCash for the first time.
About an hour into adding transactions, I already crashed the program.
I was trying to delete an empty account that had a subaccount.
Then the program disappeared and I lost the last few inputs.
Is GnuCash buggy?
Should I switch from XML to one of the database formats?


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