[GNC] Lost 4 hours of data input

[David T.]

It's too bad that the responses to "Gnucash has crashed and I lost X hours of work" are:

1. Save more often. 
2. Don't use a cloud service except as an offline backup. 
3. Use the db backend (which is basically a technological alternative to #1).




On July 22, 2022 8:51:01 PM GMT+03:00, Phyllis Bruce <pobruce46 at gmail.com> wrote:
>Thank you Adrien, and Glenn
>
>I'd much prefer to keep the file local. I just discovered I can choose to
>NOT sync a folder to dropbox so I carefully navigated to the GnuCash folder
>on my PC and made that change.  I will re-import by month henceforth.  I've
>already done the hard work of figuring where stuff goes so it should be
>easier this time.  I'll also decrease the autosave interval.
>
>Once I have a good file, do I need to keep the log files?  They pile up in
>a double quick hurry.
>
>On Fri, Jul 22, 2022 at 12:16 PM Adrien Monteleone <
>adrien.monteleone at lusfiber.net> wrote:
>
>> Someone else can help with the logfile, and it *should* replay your
>> steps, but I'd offer two suggestions for a different workflow:
>>
>> 1. copy the file locally first, then open it. (other users of DropBox
>> may have additional/alternative practices to help with sync issues)
>>
>> 2. Import, match & reconcile one month at a time then save. Doing this
>> in smaller batches has two advantages: the matcher is trained as you go,
>> this means less editing work on your part, and more accurate match
>> guesses on GnuCash's part; the incremental saves mean should a crash
>> happen, you lose less work.
>>
>> Another option is to switch to the SQLite backend rather than the
>> default XML. Of course, XML should work, but SQLite does instant saves,
>> so if there is a crash, your at most likely to lose the last
>> edit/import, etc. (and so doing things in smaller batches also means
>> less lost work, without even having to remember to save.)
>>
>> Regards,
>> Adrien
>>
>> On 7/22/22 11:29 AM, Phyllis Bruce wrote:
>> > Imported and matched all the years transactions for a credit card.  Then
>> > hit the reconcile button.  Crash!
>> > On trying to get back in I received a message that talked about
>> > bounceback?  I'm sorry, I didn't write it down, but when I tried to
>> reopen
>> > it said that someone else might be using the file and the path to DROPBOX
>> > was shown.  I possibly made a mistake in choosing to open anyway -
>> because
>> > 4 hours of work have apparently disappeared.
>> >
>> > Dropbox has a log file timestamp is 10:51 (the log also exists on my
>> local
>> > drive).  That is about the time of the crash.  Could it possibly be of
>> help
>> > in restoring all my work or do I need to do it over again?
>>
>>
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