[Kmymoney] Reconcile Problems

[Thomas Baumgart]

Hi,

On Saturday 11 August 2012 22:40:27 Allan wrote:

> On 11/08/12 19:24, Doug Brown wrote:
> > I am running kmy 4.6.2 on Mint 11 in a VMWare instance running on
> > Windows 7.
> > 
> > I reconciled a checking account last month ok. When I try to reconcile
> > it this month, the starting balance is wrong.
> > 
> > The "Last Reconciled" date is correct.
> > 
> > If I look at the register, the balance as of the "Last Reconciliation"
> > marker is correct.
> > 
> > There are no non-reconciled transaction dated prior to the date of the
> > last reconciliation.
> > 
> > After doing a OFX import, I noticed a debit transaction was imported
> > with a date after the last reconcilation date, and was marked as
> > reconciled (which is obviously incorrect). The value of this transaction
> > is equal to the amount the starting balance is incorrect. I have deleted
> > this transaction, but the starting balance hasn't changed.
> > 
> > I am storing my kmy data in a compressed xml file. I opened up the xml
> > file and there is no occurrence of the offending amount.
> > 
> > I am thinking my register is corrupted, but I have no idea of how to fix
> > it.
> > 
> > Any suggestions?
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > 
> > d.
> 
> My understanding is that all your data is stored within your file.  If
> the register is corrupted, it must be because your file is.
> 
> I take it you are familiar with how values are represented in the xml
> file, so I think that amount must be there (unless it's the difference
> between two other amounts.)  Just to be certain, and I hope I'm not
> insulting your knowledge, could you say what the amount is and what you
> searched for?

Another trick in account is to search for exactly the half of the amount which 
generally shows transactions having the wrong sign.

I can also confirm what Allen stated: The register can't be corrupt because it 
is rebuild each time you start KMyMoney from the data contained in your file.

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Regards

Thomas Baumgart

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