Derek has the right package names, for ubuntu BTW: I just installed
libdbd-sqlite3 and libdbd-pgsql and both options now appear in the drop
down for "Save As ...".
I went ahead and set up an account and DB in my local postgresql server,
and it "just worked" to save my existing set of accounts into
I tried your example code, and I'm sorry to say "it works for me". Took a
bit to extract it from the email (NBSP is not my friend) but here's what I
see when running it locally:
$ python3 m.py
Root
Expenses
I'm assuming you get an error of some sort?
If I import the create_accounts() method into
If I wasn't clear, the question was, "Cash is an asset. What makes it a
> > special kind of asset, justifying a special type of account?" The answer
> > is, "Nothing". It is not a special type of account; it is a special case
> of
> > user present
4b705d077b4e4fd6e86708dce2f70ea9%7Ca3ec87a89fb84158ba8ff11bace1ebaa%7C1%7C0%7C638634797952949749%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=%2FZfS2v%2BkUjHKAXXXRpevKzz30kumTnp5oXhJO28ce1A%3D&reserved=0
> > >
> &
Brook Milligan wrote:
> Is it really the case that the _only_ impact of account type is to change
> the headings in the GUI?
>
Wll, not completely. The actual question was "how does GnuCash treat
accounts (like Cash, Bank, or Credit) differently than the base accounting
type account (Asset
, the question was, "Cash is an asset. What makes it a
> special kind of asset, justifying a special type of account?" The answer
> is, "Nothing". It is not a special type of account; it is a special case of
> user presentation.
>
> > As I noted, the colum
So, answering the question. Internally, GnuCash has an enumeration
GnuAccountType, which that drop down is populated from. There are
conditionals all over the code that switch based on the account type. One
significant one for answering your question (Cash vs. Bank or any other
Asset account, Credi
0.10.0 (2021).
So I guess if I want convenient import of security prices, I'll have to
brush up my C++ skills, and dust off the compiler.
Any words of wisdom from more experienced GnuCash users, here?
Ross Reedstrom
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