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Bug 344170 - QIF import of files with non-ASCII account names loses data
QIF import of files with non-ASCII account names loses data
Status: VERIFIED FIXED
Product: GnuCash
Classification: Other
Component: Import - QIF
1.9.x
Other Linux
: Normal critical
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Assigned To: David Hampton
Derek Atkins
Depends on: 344219
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2006-06-07 15:38 UTC by Thomas Bushnell, BSG
Modified: 2018-06-29 21:07 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: ---

Attachments
A QIF file which, when imported, demonstrates the bug (1.66 KB, text/plain)
2006-06-07 15:41 UTC, Thomas Bushnell, BSG 		Details

Description Thomas Bushnell, BSG 2006-06-07 15:38:44 UTC 
When you import a QIF file with non-ASCII account names, all seems to go just fine, but if you save the gnucash file and restart, the transactions in that account just vanish.

Chatter on the gnucash-devel list suggests that this may not be confined to QIF importing, but that's the only case I know of where it does fail.

This is in the Debian BTS as http://bugs.debian.org/370502.
Comment 1 Thomas Bushnell, BSG 2006-06-07 15:41:26 UTC 
Created attachment 66920 [details]
A QIF file which, when imported, demonstrates the bug

To reproduce the bug:

1. Create an empty set of accounts, with LC_ALL=de_AT@euro.
2. Import the QIF file.  Notice that the balance of Aktiva:Barvermögen:Bargeld is EUR 800.
3. Save. Close. Reopen.  Notice that the relevant transactions have disappeared and the balance of said account is now zero.
Comment 2 David Hampton 2006-06-14 04:06:51 UTC 
I added code in r14361 (version 1.9.8) to automatically strip any non-utf8 character which will prevent the data loss.  I filed bug 344841 requesting automatic conversion of imported files to utf8.
Comment 3 Peter Moeller 2006-08-11 18:33:53 UTC 
tried to import a qif file with actual gnucash version V2.0.1 (OpenSuSE 10.1). As told by christian Stimming, the solution should strip the "umlaut"-characters, but what happens is that strings end at the first occurence of an umlaut.

Just want to inform about the fact, that there are attachments at bug#350286, where you can see and reproduce this behaviour.
Comment 4 John Ralls 2018-06-29 21:07:25 UTC 
GnuCash bug tracking has moved to a new Bugzilla host. This bug has been copied to https://bugs.gnucash.org/show_bug.cgi?id=344170. Please update any external references or bookmarks.