Moving GNUCash Database

[Derek Atkins]

Colin Law <clanlaw at googlemail.com> writes:

> On 21 August 2011 21:26, mchase <mchase711 at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I am using a MySQL data base for my GnuCash database. I want to move the
>> entire file (accounts, registers,..) for one of my companies to another
>> computer
>> that is not running a MySQL database. I assume that I need to install
>> GnuCash
>> on that second computer using an xml database. How do I then
>> move the company file off my computer to this second one?
>
> Do a File > Save As and save it in XML format.  Then put that file on
> the other machine in an appropriate place and do File > Open and
> browse to it.

Just be careful because any future "opens" of GnuCash will reopen the
XML file and not MySQL; so you might want to File -> Open the MySQL
configuration after you File -> Save As.

We probably need a File -> Export As  or File -> Copy To.

> Colin
>>
>> Thank you

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-derek

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