Brad It really depends upon the situation. you originally said you had an old file from an early attempt to use GnuCash and there had been little importing of data since that time and that that data was expendable. In this case John's single step process is appropriate. You can then back import any necessary data as far back is required into a new file created with the new version.
If on the other hand you had been a long term user with significant records in your existing file (My data file goes back to before 2010 and has data imported from previous accounting programs for example - I do question why I need this occasionally but that is a different matter.), the second update strategy (David T's) is the more appropriate and safest. Changes in data file structures normally only occur with the major version number changes, e.g 2.x to 3.x and 3.x to 4.x and the next major version incorporates procedures for updating the data files for changes from the previous major version. David Cousens ----- David Cousens -- Sent from: http://gnucash.1415818.n4.nabble.com/GnuCash-User-f1415819.html _______________________________________________ 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.
