Managing large files

[hendrik at topoi.pooq.com]

On Mon, Mar 03, 2008 at 03:21:13PM -0800, blackhawke wrote:
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> 
> Derek Atkins wrote:
> > 
> > Changing from XML to SQL wont change the reports.  If you fixed the
> > reports themselves you'd get the speedup regardless of the backend
> > storage.  The MAIN reason for switching from XML to SQL in the backend
> > is to enable "save on commit".. So you never lose data because your data
> > is saved every time you commit a transaction.

That would have rescue me the few times I've actually had a power 
failure while I'm using gnucash.  But in those cases I can always 
reenter, because I still have teh original paperwork on my computer 
desk.

But it would have been real trouble the times I've really screwed up 
entering stuff.  I was able to back out by exiting without saving.
Not to mention browsing through the gnucash history files to find the 
exact place where I entered something that broke reconciliation.
I like the way things are now.  The occasional slow startup is not a big 
deal for me.  Maybe it is for others.

-- hendrik