Re: [GNC] No Suitable Backend Found

[Geert Janssens]

Just to be sure you didn't miss this: on MacOS you can't open a gnucash file by 
double-clicking 
on it. Gnucash will ignore what you clicked and will open the file it had last 
opened anyway. If 
you want to open another gnucash file you need to do that from within gnucash 
using File-
>Open...

Regards,

Geert

Op woensdag 28 juli 2021 21:22:09 CEST schreef Adam Hodnett:
> Thanks so much for the help. I tried opening the recovered files on my old
> mac laptop. It said an older version of the file wasn't found and wouldn't
> open, so I copied everything back to the desktop (it's original location),
> and it opened. But when I try to open the most recent version (up to Feb
> 2021), it automatically only opens a version that goes to June 2019. Seems
> like an odd glitch.
> 
> Luckily this is a far better situation than I thought I was in, so I'm just
> getting back to work from here. But I thought I'd float that info your way
> in case it sheds some sort of insight.
> 
> Again, thanks so much for the help everyone! I'm not where I hoped to be,
> but at least this isn't devastating anymore.
> 
> Adam Hodnett
> Videographer | Project Coordinator
> 
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>  
> 
> 
> On Wed, Jul 28, 2021 at 2:44 PM Derek Atkins  wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > On Wed, July 28, 2021 1:32 pm, Clint Chaplin wrote:
> > > May I suggest another possibility?
> > > 
> > > The previous install of GnuCash, for whatever reason, used SQL, and as
> > > long
> > > as that was working, the fact that SQL was being used is invisible to
> > > the
> > > user.
> > > 
> > > System crashed, files recovered.
> > > 
> > > New system set up, GnuCash installed, but configured to use GnuCash
> > > internal file system, not SQL.
> > > 
> > > New GnuCash files that are set up with the new system will work just
> > > great,
> > > but the recovered files will not be compatible until SQL is installed
> > > and
> > > configured.
> > 
> > That is unlikely, as the Windows build comes with SQL built-in.
> > Nothing special to configure or extra files to install like there is on
> > Linux or Mac.
> > 
> > > Please remember to CC this list on all your replies.
> > > You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
> > 
> > -derek
> > 
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Re: [GNC] No Suitable Backend Found

[Adam Hodnett]

Thanks so much for the help. I tried opening the recovered files on my old
mac laptop. It said an older version of the file wasn't found and wouldn't
open, so I copied everything back to the desktop (it's original location),
and it opened. But when I try to open the most recent version (up to Feb
2021), it automatically only opens a version that goes to June 2019. Seems
like an odd glitch.

Luckily this is a far better situation than I thought I was in, so I'm just
getting back to work from here. But I thought I'd float that info your way
in case it sheds some sort of insight.

Again, thanks so much for the help everyone! I'm not where I hoped to be,
but at least this isn't devastating anymore.

Adam Hodnett
Videographer | Project Coordinator

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PHONE*: *(506) 440-8736
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On Wed, Jul 28, 2021 at 2:44 PM Derek Atkins  wrote:

> Hi,
>
> On Wed, July 28, 2021 1:32 pm, Clint Chaplin wrote:
> > May I suggest another possibility?
> >
> > The previous install of GnuCash, for whatever reason, used SQL, and as
> > long
> > as that was working, the fact that SQL was being used is invisible to the
> > user.
> >
> > System crashed, files recovered.
> >
> > New system set up, GnuCash installed, but configured to use GnuCash
> > internal file system, not SQL.
> >
> > New GnuCash files that are set up with the new system will work just
> > great,
> > but the recovered files will not be compatible until SQL is installed and
> > configured.
>
> That is unlikely, as the Windows build comes with SQL built-in.
> Nothing special to configure or extra files to install like there is on
> Linux or Mac.
>
> > Please remember to CC this list on all your replies.
> > You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
>
> -derek
>
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Re: [GNC] No Suitable Backend Found

[Derek Atkins]

Hi,

On Wed, July 28, 2021 1:32 pm, Clint Chaplin wrote:
> May I suggest another possibility?
>
> The previous install of GnuCash, for whatever reason, used SQL, and as
> long
> as that was working, the fact that SQL was being used is invisible to the
> user.
>
> System crashed, files recovered.
>
> New system set up, GnuCash installed, but configured to use GnuCash
> internal file system, not SQL.
>
> New GnuCash files that are set up with the new system will work just
> great,
> but the recovered files will not be compatible until SQL is installed and
> configured.

That is unlikely, as the Windows build comes with SQL built-in.
Nothing special to configure or extra files to install like there is on
Linux or Mac.

> Please remember to CC this list on all your replies.
> You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.

-derek

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Re: [GNC] No Suitable Backend Found

[Clint Chaplin]

May I suggest another possibility?

The previous install of GnuCash, for whatever reason, used SQL, and as long
as that was working, the fact that SQL was being used is invisible to the
user.

System crashed, files recovered.

New system set up, GnuCash installed, but configured to use GnuCash
internal file system, not SQL.

New GnuCash files that are set up with the new system will work just great,
but the recovered files will not be compatible until SQL is installed and
configured.

On Wed, Jul 28, 2021 at 9:52 AM Jack Frillman via gnucash-user <
gnucash-user@gnucash.org> wrote:

> I would not use MSWord or LibreOffice to look at it because those are
> word processors and not straight text editors.
> One poorly placed fat finger could write formatting to the data file
> really messing it up.
> Notepad is safer not sure about Wordpad.
>
>
> On 7/28/21 12:30 PM, David Carlson wrote:
> > Adam,
> > the data files with the .gnucash suffix are a special form of text file
> > that can be read with your regular text editors such as wordpad, notepad
> or
> > an office editor like MSWord or LibreOffice.  GnuCash normally compresses
> > these files by default, so you may need to uncompress the files with your
> > favorite file compression program.
> >
> > As Derek mentioned, recovered files must be on a different physical
> medium
> > than your unrecovered files.  You are running your OS and GnuCash from a
> > fresh copy on a different physical drive as well, I hope.
> >
> > If any of those editor programs can display clear text and it looks like
> > transaction data rather than other information like window dimensions or
> > report settings  then you probably have  recovered your data.
> >
> > On Wed, Jul 28, 2021 at 11:04 AM Derek Atkins  wrote:
> >
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> On Wed, July 28, 2021 11:57 am, Adam Hodnett wrote:
> >>> Maybe it is a metadata file... I do have many of the
> >>> .MMDDHHMMSS.gnucash files in the same directory as the
> >>> .gnucash file. They all give the same error. There are also
> >> .txt
> >>> files with the same names.
> >>>
> >>> I recovered the data with EaseUS Data Recovery. I am attempting to
> >> recover
> >>> the same data with a different program at the moment, in case that's
> the
> >>> issue.
> >> It is sounding like the recovery did not succeed.  If the backup failed
> to
> >> recover even a single block of data it will cause the decompression to
> >> fail.  Windows doesn't really have all the best tools to debug these
> kinds
> >> of issues.
> >>
> >>> .gnucash files are all between 70kb and about 140kb.
> >> Assuming you mean KB (KiloBytes) and not kb (kilobits), those files are
> >> probably about the correct size if you don't have a ton of transactions.
> >> My 15-year-old data file is 2.8 MB.
> >>
> >> Note:  Backups only work if you copy the data to another storage system
> >> off your main system.
> >>
> >>> Adam Hodnett
> >>> Videographer | Project Coordinator
> >> -derek
> >>
> >> --
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Re: [GNC] No Suitable Backend Found

[Jack Frillman via gnucash-user]

I would not use MSWord or LibreOffice to look at it because those are 
word processors and not straight text editors.
One poorly placed fat finger could write formatting to the data file 
really messing it up.

Notepad is safer not sure about Wordpad.


On 7/28/21 12:30 PM, David Carlson wrote:

Adam,
the data files with the .gnucash suffix are a special form of text file
that can be read with your regular text editors such as wordpad, notepad or
an office editor like MSWord or LibreOffice.  GnuCash normally compresses
these files by default, so you may need to uncompress the files with your
favorite file compression program.

As Derek mentioned, recovered files must be on a different physical medium
than your unrecovered files.  You are running your OS and GnuCash from a
fresh copy on a different physical drive as well, I hope.

If any of those editor programs can display clear text and it looks like
transaction data rather than other information like window dimensions or
report settings  then you probably have  recovered your data.

On Wed, Jul 28, 2021 at 11:04 AM Derek Atkins  wrote:


Hi,

On Wed, July 28, 2021 11:57 am, Adam Hodnett wrote:

Maybe it is a metadata file... I do have many of the
.MMDDHHMMSS.gnucash files in the same directory as the
.gnucash file. They all give the same error. There are also

.txt

files with the same names.

I recovered the data with EaseUS Data Recovery. I am attempting to

recover

the same data with a different program at the moment, in case that's the
issue.

It is sounding like the recovery did not succeed.  If the backup failed to
recover even a single block of data it will cause the decompression to
fail.  Windows doesn't really have all the best tools to debug these kinds
of issues.


.gnucash files are all between 70kb and about 140kb.

Assuming you mean KB (KiloBytes) and not kb (kilobits), those files are
probably about the correct size if you don't have a ton of transactions.
My 15-year-old data file is 2.8 MB.

Note:  Backups only work if you copy the data to another storage system
off your main system.


Adam Hodnett
Videographer | Project Coordinator

-derek

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Re: [GNC] No Suitable Backend Found

[David Carlson]

Adam,
the data files with the .gnucash suffix are a special form of text file
that can be read with your regular text editors such as wordpad, notepad or
an office editor like MSWord or LibreOffice.  GnuCash normally compresses
these files by default, so you may need to uncompress the files with your
favorite file compression program.

As Derek mentioned, recovered files must be on a different physical medium
than your unrecovered files.  You are running your OS and GnuCash from a
fresh copy on a different physical drive as well, I hope.

If any of those editor programs can display clear text and it looks like
transaction data rather than other information like window dimensions or
report settings  then you probably have  recovered your data.

On Wed, Jul 28, 2021 at 11:04 AM Derek Atkins  wrote:

> Hi,
>
> On Wed, July 28, 2021 11:57 am, Adam Hodnett wrote:
> > Maybe it is a metadata file... I do have many of the
> > .MMDDHHMMSS.gnucash files in the same directory as the
> > .gnucash file. They all give the same error. There are also
> .txt
> > files with the same names.
> >
> > I recovered the data with EaseUS Data Recovery. I am attempting to
> recover
> > the same data with a different program at the moment, in case that's the
> > issue.
>
> It is sounding like the recovery did not succeed.  If the backup failed to
> recover even a single block of data it will cause the decompression to
> fail.  Windows doesn't really have all the best tools to debug these kinds
> of issues.
>
> > .gnucash files are all between 70kb and about 140kb.
>
> Assuming you mean KB (KiloBytes) and not kb (kilobits), those files are
> probably about the correct size if you don't have a ton of transactions.
> My 15-year-old data file is 2.8 MB.
>
> Note:  Backups only work if you copy the data to another storage system
> off your main system.
>
> > Adam Hodnett
> > Videographer | Project Coordinator
>
> -derek
>
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Re: [GNC] No Suitable Backend Found

[Derek Atkins]

Hi,

On Wed, July 28, 2021 11:57 am, Adam Hodnett wrote:
> Maybe it is a metadata file... I do have many of the
> .MMDDHHMMSS.gnucash files in the same directory as the
> .gnucash file. They all give the same error. There are also .txt
> files with the same names.
>
> I recovered the data with EaseUS Data Recovery. I am attempting to recover
> the same data with a different program at the moment, in case that's the
> issue.

It is sounding like the recovery did not succeed.  If the backup failed to
recover even a single block of data it will cause the decompression to
fail.  Windows doesn't really have all the best tools to debug these kinds
of issues.

> .gnucash files are all between 70kb and about 140kb.

Assuming you mean KB (KiloBytes) and not kb (kilobits), those files are
probably about the correct size if you don't have a ton of transactions. 
My 15-year-old data file is 2.8 MB.

Note:  Backups only work if you copy the data to another storage system
off your main system.

> Adam Hodnett
> Videographer | Project Coordinator

-derek

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Re: [GNC] No Suitable Backend Found

[Adam Hodnett]

Maybe it is a metadata file... I do have many of the
.MMDDHHMMSS.gnucash files in the same directory as the
.gnucash file. They all give the same error. There are also .txt
files with the same names.

I recovered the data with EaseUS Data Recovery. I am attempting to recover
the same data with a different program at the moment, in case that's the
issue.

.gnucash files are all between 70kb and about 140kb.
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On Wed, Jul 28, 2021 at 12:49 PM Derek Atkins  wrote:

> Hi,
>
> On Wed, July 28, 2021 11:34 am, Adam Hodnett wrote:
> > Thanks for the reply! I'm afraid you're going over my head a bit... I'm
> > using Windows 10. As far as I know, I wasn't using an SQL (though I'm not
> > sure what that is). Gnucash seems to work fine for getting new files, but
> > I
> > get the "no suitable backend at..." for any recovered files. I'm getting
> > nervous that this is more than a simple fix...
>
> You did not mention OS/Distro ...
>
> How did you recover the files?
> Are you sure you recovered your data files and not your "metadata" files?
> Trying to open a metadata file as a data file will definitely cause this
> error.
>
> Something else to look at:  How large is the file you recovered?
> Do you have any files named .MMDDHHMMSS.gnucash in the same
> directory as .gnucash?
>
> > Adam Hodnett
>
> -derek
>
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Re: [GNC] No Suitable Backend Found

[Derek Atkins]

Hi,

On Wed, July 28, 2021 11:34 am, Adam Hodnett wrote:
> Thanks for the reply! I'm afraid you're going over my head a bit... I'm
> using Windows 10. As far as I know, I wasn't using an SQL (though I'm not
> sure what that is). Gnucash seems to work fine for getting new files, but
> I
> get the "no suitable backend at..." for any recovered files. I'm getting
> nervous that this is more than a simple fix...

You did not mention OS/Distro ...

How did you recover the files?
Are you sure you recovered your data files and not your "metadata" files? 
Trying to open a metadata file as a data file will definitely cause this
error.

Something else to look at:  How large is the file you recovered?
Do you have any files named .MMDDHHMMSS.gnucash in the same
directory as .gnucash?

> Adam Hodnett

-derek

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Re: [GNC] No Suitable Backend Found

[Adam Hodnett]

Thanks for the reply! I'm afraid you're going over my head a bit... I'm
using Windows 10. As far as I know, I wasn't using an SQL (though I'm not
sure what that is). Gnucash seems to work fine for getting new files, but I
get the "no suitable backend at..." for any recovered files. I'm getting
nervous that this is more than a simple fix...
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On Wed, Jul 28, 2021 at 12:28 PM Derek Atkins  wrote:

> Hi,
>
> On Wed, July 28, 2021 11:13 am, Adam Hodnett wrote:
> > Hi!
> >
> > I had a hardddrive failure, but was able to recover the majority of the
> > data. However, all the Gnucash files keep giving me the error: "No
> > suitable
> > backend found for [location of the file]"
> >
> > I have folders filled with .gnucash files, text files, and a .LCK file.
> >
> > Surely there's got to be a way to recover one of these files... Please
> > help!
>
> What do you get from:
>
> file /path/to/file.gnucash
>
> Were you using SQL?  It is possible you did not re-install the required
> SQL modules when you re-installed your computer.
>
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> > Videographer | Project Coordinator
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Re: [GNC] No Suitable Backend Found

[Derek Atkins]

Hi,

On Wed, July 28, 2021 11:13 am, Adam Hodnett wrote:
> Hi!
>
> I had a hardddrive failure, but was able to recover the majority of the
> data. However, all the Gnucash files keep giving me the error: "No
> suitable
> backend found for [location of the file]"
>
> I have folders filled with .gnucash files, text files, and a .LCK file.
>
> Surely there's got to be a way to recover one of these files... Please
> help!

What do you get from:

file /path/to/file.gnucash

Were you using SQL?  It is possible you did not re-install the required
SQL modules when you re-installed your computer.

> Adam Hodnett
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Re: [GNC] "No suitable backend found for" file after rebuild of gnucash

[Geert Janssens]

Op maandag 11 juni 2018 20:38:08 CEST schreef Steve Cohen:
> I installed all of these.  I believe the original data was saved in
> sqlite3.  That is the default, isn't it?
> 
No the default is xml.

> But wait a minute, where, actually is the data stored?  I was assuming
> it was the *.gcm, but these files seem to be nothing but config files.
> 
Indeed, those files only store metadata. The actual file is where you chose to 
save it back when you created it. This is just like in any other application. 
The only thing gnucash does different is that it tries to reopen your last-
used file automatically when you close and reopen gnucash.

Regards,

Geert


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Re: [GNC] "No suitable backend found for" file after rebuild of gnucash

[Steve Cohen]

I installed all of these.  I believe the original data was saved in 
sqlite3.  That is the default, isn't it?


But wait a minute, where, actually is the data stored?  I was assuming 
it was the *.gcm, but these files seem to be nothing but config files.


On 06/11/2018 01:09 PM, Geert Janssens wrote:

Op maandag 11 juni 2018 19:50:11 CEST schreef Steve Cohen:

As detailed in other thread, I recently upgraded from Ubuntu 14.04 to
Ubuntu 18.04.  After some difficulty, I built Gnucash 3.0 without error.
   I had been running 3.0 on 14.04 as well and had saved the data.

But when I attempt to load it I get "No suitable backend was found for
[filename].

What does this indicate?


In what format did you save your gnucash data?

Assuming you built gnucash with dbi support enabled, you may be missing dbi
drivers for your data format.
If your file was not saved as xml, try installing package libdbd-sqlite3,
libdbd-mysql or libdbd-postgresql depending on how you saved your data.

Regards,

Geert







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Re: [GNC] "No suitable backend found for" file after rebuild of gnucash

[Geert Janssens]

Op maandag 11 juni 2018 19:50:11 CEST schreef Steve Cohen:
> As detailed in other thread, I recently upgraded from Ubuntu 14.04 to
> Ubuntu 18.04.  After some difficulty, I built Gnucash 3.0 without error.
>   I had been running 3.0 on 14.04 as well and had saved the data.
> 
> But when I attempt to load it I get "No suitable backend was found for
> [filename].
> 
> What does this indicate?

In what format did you save your gnucash data?

Assuming you built gnucash with dbi support enabled, you may be missing dbi 
drivers for your data format.
If your file was not saved as xml, try installing package libdbd-sqlite3, 
libdbd-mysql or libdbd-postgresql depending on how you saved your data.

Regards,

Geert




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