This was my point; the numerous large log files suggest something else might be
amiss.
I've been using GnuCash since 2006 or so, which was version 2.2.x. My file is
quite large, and yet my log files (cf.
https://www.gnucash.org/docs/v4/C/gnucash-guide/basics-backup1.html) continue
to be a
Rosepetals,
I am not sure how the log files were constructed in that very early version
but since release 2.6-something they only contain changed information, so
they are usually less than a megabyte, depending on how often you do a file
save or allow or force the automatic backup. A few times
No worries. Thanks heaps for responding and your suggestions. It is much
appreciated!
Yes I presume they’re quite large because I’ve been using Gnucash for some
time.
A friend introduced it to me back then to help manage finances and I’ve
been using it since.
Thanks again!
On Thu, 20 Oct 2022
You can turn it off. Some may have and forgot. And I'm not sure when
that was added. It may not have been available for 2.3.4.
That version was never intended to be used regularly. It was a
development/testing version only.
Though such a file or files might be in the OPs data directory,
I thought Gnucash by default kept backups of the database file.
On Thu, Oct 20, 2022 at 4:28 AM Rosepetals wrote:
> Hi,
>
> The location of the database file has a number of log files in it if that
> helps.
>
> Thanks for responding.
>
> On Thu, 20 Oct 2022 at 7:01 pm, Maf. King wrote:
>
> >
By 'backup' we don't mean something you do within GnuCash, we mean
something you do with your entire computer/personal files.
If you never make backups of any of your files, or only rarely, then I
guess you're stuck rebuilding data if you can't recover this file. (this
would be the case with
The oldest release still on SourceForge is 2.2.0 and it includes a Windows
setup.exe; the oldest unstable release is 2.3.0 and it does not, but all from
2.3.2 do have a setup.exe.
The first commit to gnucash-on-windows was on 25 August 2006, not quite a year
before, and the first announcement
On 10/20/2022 1:11 AM, David Cousens wrote:
As Adrien pointed out anytime you do an upgrade of GNuCash you should ALWAYS
make a backup copy of the data file before starting the upgrade and keep it at
least until everything is working. It is a good practice to regularly make a
backup copy of your
I don't profess to have any great ideas, but I see from the one screenshot that
your file opens, but appears to be empty, and I see from the other that you
have numerous large log files (9mb or so) on every day of the display. Many of
them appear to be only a few days old.
Personally, my log
Hi,
The location of the database file has a number of log files in it if that
helps.
Thanks for responding.
On Thu, 20 Oct 2022 at 7:01 pm, Maf. King wrote:
> Just an observation, from the depths of history...
>
> IIRC, 2.3.x I think was a development series; unstable and for bug testing
>
Just an observation, from the depths of history...
IIRC, 2.3.x I think was a development series; unstable and for bug testing and
so on, and for "expert" users only (ie not me)
it feels to me that having that running on win11 is unlikely, I'm not even
sure that 2.3 release were for windows -
Unlikely, but you might get lucky. (You really don't have *any* backup
at all? Really? You've been using a decades old version of GnuCash and
you never make backups?)
Note, the GnuCash file, by default unless you changed it, is a
compressed XML file. Uncompressed, it is just plain text and
As Adrien pointed out anytime you do an upgrade of GNuCash you should ALWAYS
make a backup copy of the data file before starting the upgrade and keep it at
least until everything is working. It is a good practice to regularly make a
backup copy of your data file in any case, preferrably to
Thank you both for your advice.
I don’t have a backup of the 2.3.4 database. Is there a way to recover data
from the current 4.12 database?
Also why does Gnucash work fine after the database upgrade but then develop
a fault afterwards?
Thank you
On Thu, 20 Oct 2022 at 2:28 am, Adrien
Indeed, if you were truly running 2.3.4, you'll need to step to a 2.4.x
version, then a 2.6.x version, then 3.x, then 4.12, running Actions >
Check & Repair > Check & Repair All when first opening the file after
each upgrade, and of course ideally, keeping backup versions each step
along the
First, you need to locate your last backup before your upgrade. As has
been described here before, you need to start in the FAQ at 3.5 (
https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/FAQ#Using_Different_Versions.2C_Up_And_Downgrade)
and read the precautions. Depending on your specific data it is usually a
good
Hi all,
I’m running Windows 11.
I was running Gnucash 2.3.4 for years and finally decided to upgrade to the
latest stable release of 4.12 so I can export to a spreadsheet.
The setup needed to uninstall 2.3.4 which went fine and then 4.12 finished
installing.
I opened Gnucash 4.12 and opened my
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