-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 13-03-05 02:41 PM, Derek Atkins wrote: > Hi,
[...] > Yes, it is supposed to be an actual "common currency", which binds > each of the "Split Values". The transaction does its double-entry > balancing using the Split Value in the transaction currency. The > exchange-rate dialog also uses the transaction currency to map from > the "Split Amount" (which is denoted in the Split Account's > Commodity) to the Split Value. > >> However, looking at a particular file, which contains over >> 14,000 transactions, I noticed there are two exceptions: there >> are two transactions (which were entered very recently) where the >> currency is not really an ISO4217 commodity, but are a STOCK >> commodity. So that kind of invalidate my prior understanding, as >> it appears that the field <trn:currency> can refer to any >> commodity, not just the ones from the ISO4217 space. > > This is a bug. How were these transactions created? You should > never have a transaction with a non-currency "common currency". > Given your answer, I went to look more closely at these transactions, and I believe both were created using "Stock Split..." in the "Actions" menu (GnuCash 2.4.11 on Linux). Many other "Stock Split..." were entered in that particular file which did not end up having an improper currency though, only these two. Incidentally, one of the faulty transaction was giving me trouble while I was trying to fix it, as seen here: http://lists.gnucash.org/pipermail/gnucash-user/2013-March/048176.html (I had to delete and re-create it), and now I understand this is quite probably because of the currency problem. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://www.enigmail.net/ iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJRNkWiAAoJECXhSQt2FHDCIY0H/3r2RL70l30Kc9np+cPwAxQk kHSfXHgEMNbTwKAM+AOOrojDmki6v1Pay6iBwGb/WlSyFBDTYcdMmjNwTfFU1jyn MpyvSJk844XwV0TZSqyl+/GayuCNzJZoDJ5BQxDPcPOfdvXM5YULHWm3jYah4ZTg Ae4hmZ1ciw7scFyg/4LxPq919fN9KRB4WYpcuVMPgle0kNeiRpsBmfCxSgkVIFm6 D1hRvlJFK0DOwnrPr/pd1O3UY0Mb4sOtvEDqOMpJI9CnInUd5KAMmcGtHz1iDSJ2 UoB8FSwgnZ6nbqEXV1djn2BQSUPBmPuO1KC2obSgdSwB6tL1Cw+7vAtdYLG3HX8= =fRJu -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ gnucash-devel mailing list gnucash-devel@gnucash.org https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-devel
