On Fri, 26 Apr 2019 at 22:14, Tommy Trussell <tommy.truss...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Fri, Apr 26, 2019 at 8:49 PM Cricket Onebit <cricketbeauti...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> The speed thing is disappointing. I thought 3.5 fixed that, but maybe not >> enough. I planned to save as XML to get going, since the docs say it's more >> stable, then try SQLite. >> > > The "standard" XML files are quick enough for me, though as time goes on > it does take longer to load. I have never tried the database formats; the > only upside (at the moment) is they give you some additional nerdy > reporting options. > Don't tempt me. I've spent enough hours learning "just enough" of half-a-dozen languages for various projects that never quite did what I wanted. > QIF files are just text files, right, and human-readable? So I can use a >> text editor and search. >> > > Yes, "human-readable," though not exactly comfortably readable. Export a > small file and have a look. You MAY find that not every text editor can > open the largest (multi-megabyte) files, though nowadays I suspect that's > less a problem than it was back in the 20th century. ;-) > After Pascal variable typing, a few XML files, and FORTRAN formatting statements (both input and output), how hard can QIF be? (Rhetorical question.) Still, my first choice is do everything with a single program, even if I start a new data file every few years. > How easy is it to delete old transactions? (Or export recent ones to a new >> file?) That way I could migrate 10 years worth, so they're all in GC format >> rather than QIF, then use a smaller file going forward. >> > > Unless it's been added in the last couple of releases, GnuCash itself > doesn't have that facility. At best you can easily "prune" entire accounts, > OR start from scratch. At this moment in your GnuCash history your best bet > is to export date ranges from Quicken. > >> That surprises me. It can't be uncommon for a file to get unwieldy. Pruning an entire account would make a lot of ripples. Is there a feature request I can vote on? -- +++ Not as a ladder from earth to Heaven, not as a witness to any creed, But simple service simply given to his own kind in their common need. -- Rudyard Kipling _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
