Unbounded file growth

[Derek Atkins]

"Paul A." <abrahams at acm.org> writes:

> Sure, file size is not a problem on any reasonable computer with respect to
> storage.  The problem is with processing time for searches, saves, and any
> other operation that requires examining the entire file.  It also shows up
> whenever you're visually scanning a longstanding and active account looking
> for something in particular, a problem exacerbated by the lack of a "jump to
> date" operation for accounts.  Sometimes that's preferable to using the
> search function.
>
> In my case there's an additional issue: my file has a lot of old and
> messed-up data imported from Quicken.  The more recent parts of the import
> are useful; the ancient stuff is not.  I can't just delete those old, closed
> bank accounts from fifteen years ago because the "delete account" operation
> complains that the old account has read-only transactions, and I don't know
> how to bypass that.

Mark the account as Hidden.  Then it wont show up.

-derek

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