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[Derek Atkins]

Ken Heard <ken at heard.name> writes:

> I would however in time like to remove from main file all the
> transactions older than two years, and thereby reduce its size.   In
> sqlite would it be possible to do easily, as I understand is what you
> are suggesting in the last sentence of your post quoted above?

You have to do more than just remove old transactions.  You need to make
sure your Asset and Liability balances stay correct.  Moreover, you have
to be careful because some transactions (even old ones) cannot be
removed (e.g. a stock dividend income transaction) in order to maintain
a proper basis.

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-derek

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