[GNC] Lost 4 hours of data input

[Phyllis Bruce]

Perhaps David, but I got some good advice.  Hopefully a programmer will see
it and respond but I'm just a user.

On Fri, Jul 22, 2022 at 1:46 PM David T. <sunfish62 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> It's too bad that the responses to "Gnucash has crashed and I lost X hours
> of work" are:
>
> 1. Save more often.
> 2. Don't use a cloud service except as an offline backup.
> 3. Use the db backend (which is basically a technological alternative to
> #1).
>
>
>
>
> On July 22, 2022 8:51:01 PM GMT+03:00, Phyllis Bruce <pobruce46 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>>
>> Thank you Adrien, and Glenn
>>
>> I'd much prefer to keep the file local. I just discovered I can choose to
>> NOT sync a folder to dropbox so I carefully navigated to the GnuCash folder
>> on my PC and made that change.  I will re-import by month henceforth.  I've
>> already done the hard work of figuring where stuff goes so it should be
>> easier this time.  I'll also decrease the autosave interval.
>>
>> Once I have a good file, do I need to keep the log files?  They pile up in
>> a double quick hurry.
>>
>> On Fri, Jul 22, 2022 at 12:16 PM Adrien Monteleone <
>> adrien.monteleone at lusfiber.net> wrote:
>>
>>  Someone else can help with the logfile, and it *should* replay your
>>>  steps, but I'd offer two suggestions for a different workflow:
>>>
>>>  1. copy the file locally first, then open it. (other users of DropBox
>>>  may have additional/alternative practices to help with sync issues)
>>>
>>>  2. Import, match & reconcile one month at a time then save. Doing this
>>>  in smaller batches has two advantages: the matcher is trained as you go,
>>>  this means less editing work on your part, and more accurate match
>>>  guesses on GnuCash's part; the incremental saves mean should a crash
>>>  happen, you lose less work.
>>>
>>>  Another option is to switch to the SQLite backend rather than the
>>>  default XML. Of course, XML should work, but SQLite does instant saves,
>>>  so if there is a crash, your at most likely to lose the last
>>>  edit/import, etc. (and so doing things in smaller batches also means
>>>  less lost work, without even having to remember to save.)
>>>
>>>  Regards,
>>>  Adrien
>>>
>>>  On 7/22/22 11:29 AM, Phyllis Bruce wrote:
>>>
>>>> Imported and matched all the years transactions for a credit card.  Then
>>>> hit the reconcile button.  Crash!
>>>> On trying to get back in I received a message that talked about
>>>> bounceback?  I'm sorry, I didn't write it down, but when I tried to
>>>>
>>> reopen
>>>
>>>> it said that someone else might be using the file and the path to DROPBOX
>>>> was shown.  I possibly made a mistake in choosing to open anyway -
>>>>
>>> because
>>>
>>>>  4 hours of work have apparently disappeared.
>>>>
>>>>  Dropbox has a log file timestamp is 10:51 (the log also exists on my
>>>>
>>> local
>>>
>>>> drive).  That is about the time of the crash.  Could it possibly be of
>>>>
>>> help
>>>
>>>> in restoring all my work or do I need to do it over again?
>>>>
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