Upgrading from 2.2.9 to 2.6.15?

[Ed Reeder]

Derek,
Thanks!!!

If there are any issues I'll let others know.

On Wed, Jan 4, 2017, at 05:42 PM, Derek Atkins wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> On Wed, January 4, 2017 7:13 pm, gbguy wrote:
> > I'm a long time GnuCash user (Windows 10, XML database).  I've two
> > questions
> > and haven't been able to find the answers.
> >
> > 1. Is upgrading to the newer version simply a matter of running the
> > gnucash-2.6.15-setup.exe file?  (after doing backups )  No needed manual
> > file conversions, etc.?
> 
> I don't recall if you needed to step through 2.4 to get from 2.2 to 2.6. 
> I think 2.2 -> 2.6 is okay by itself.
> 
> Also, you *may* need to File -> Open your data file if it doesn't
> auto-open by itself.
> 
> Beyond that, yes, you should just be able to run the setup.exe.
> 
> >
> > 2. Is it worthwhile to consider changing from the XML database to mySQL?
> 
> No.
> 
> > TIA
> 
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> 
> -derek
> 
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