OK, upgrading to GC v5.9.1 fixes the problem. Opening the same *.gnucash file and exporting yields only one line per split, as expected.
Apparently, this is not a known issue for earlier versions, but there may still be problems. Cheers, Brook > On Oct 18, 2024, at 3:39 PM, Brook Milligan via gnucash-user > <gnucash-user@gnucash.org> wrote: > > See below. > >> On Oct 18, 2024, at 2:54 PM, Mark at Lorimark <m...@lorimarksolutions.com> >> wrote: >> >> really odd! > > Yes, that’s why I’m asking. > >> Here's what I'd suggest; >> >> 1. go in to your register 'assets:bank' >> 2. edit only 1 row >> 3. change the 'dollars' to some other number >> 4. re-export your data > > No change. There are still the same duplicate records after doing this. > >> My expectation; two of those lines would change (one line for each >> side/split) > > Yes, my expectation too. > >> The export file looks totally wrong. It is showing the same transaction >> ID for each and every line, and that's just totally wrong. I'd like to >> look at your file directly, if you're interested. I'm very curious! > > In this case there actually are 4 splits, so my expectation is that there > should be 4 lines with the same transaction ID. The problem is that each of > the 4 distinct lines is replicated a total of 3 times. > > As a check, I created a new book and imported the unique set of transactions > from the first (i.e., the exported file sorted with “sort -u”) and > re-exported the transactions. That set still had the duplicates. Thus, > there must be something about the export process that is creating duplicates. > > Is this a known issue? > > Cheers, > Brook > > _______________________________________________ > gnucash-user mailing list > gnucash-user@gnucash.org > To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: > https://nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Flists.gnucash.org%2Fmailman%2Flistinfo%2Fgnucash-user&data=05%7C02%7Cbrook%40biology.nmsu.edu%7C7aa08b7e4a17457a67fd08dcefbd625c%7Ca3ec87a89fb84158ba8ff11bace1ebaa%7C1%7C0%7C638648843897539120%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=itfM9uJBzp%2BR3h9HvfdVlBx90cB6Gt%2FxcP%2B0v30GV0M%3D&reserved=0 > ----- > 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 ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
