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
I use Sterling and Euros but like to know what the total Sterling value of
all accounts is.
I have the nominals set up in the two currencies, like has been explained
in others posts: 'Food£', 'Food€' etc.,
and have set up in the 'Price Database' Sterling and Euro securities as
'Currencies', which
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
Geoff,
I finally found time to fire up the other computer that has the CSV import
settings for that data file and the needed GCM file. I didn't want the
rest of the settings copied to the other computer, so I just copied out the
three import configurations and pasted them into the GCM in 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
Thank you all for the information that has cleared my brain fog. :-)
On Tue, Oct 18, 2022 at 11:26 PM Fred Bone wrote:
> On 18 October 2022 at 22:54, Tony Vanson said:
>
> > I'm hoping that someone on this list can aid my befuddled brain to get to
> > grips with my problem. The tolling system
