[GNC] Lost 4 hours of data input

Jean Laroche ripngo at gmail.com
Fri Jul 22 15:04:37 EDT 2022


I fully agree. Does this mean that the default autosave should be 
changed to something more reasonable?

On 7/22/22 11:46 AM, David T. via gnucash-user wrote:
> 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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