[GNC] XML or database?

[David Carlson]

Besides the reminder on exit, if a file has unsaved data, there is an
asterisk to the left of the filename in the titlebar and the "Save" icon is
*NOT* greyed out.

On Tue, Nov 1, 2022 at 2:01 AM John Layman <john.layman at laymanandlayman.com>
wrote:

> I initially configured GnuCash for periodic backups, but found the
> disruption annoying.  You are free to save the file at will, and, yes, if
> the file is "dirty" you'll get a reminder when you exit the program.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: gnucash-user <gnucash-user-bounces+john.layman=ieee.org at gnucash.org>
> On Behalf Of R Losey
> Sent: Monday, October 31, 2022 11:15 AM
> To: Derek Atkins <derek at ihtfp.com>
> Cc: Gnucash Users <gnucash-user at gnucash.org>
> Subject: Re: [GNC] XML or database?
>
> That helps - thanks!
>
> I assume that if I attempt to quit GnuCash with unsaved data, it will
> remind
> me to save... but the current indications of unsaved data files have been
> sufficient to remind me to save the data.
>
> If you have data going back 15 years, I'm just getting started with 6 years
> (heh).
>
>
>
> On Mon, Oct 31, 2022 at 8:31 AM Derek Atkins <derek at ihtfp.com> wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > On Mon, October 31, 2022 9:14 am, R Losey wrote:
> > > This question may have been asked before, but I'm relatively new to
> > > this mailing list.
> > >
> > > Is there any advantage to switching to the database format? Would it
> > > use less space? My ".gnucash" file is about 1.5M currently, and
> > > opening it takes mere seconds.
> >
> > The main advantage of using the SQL backend is that all changes are
> > "saved" immediately, so you wont lose data because you "forgot to save"
> >
> > But no, the DB is most definitely NOT smaller; the XML file is
> > compressed on save, so that 1.5MB would probably be more like 10-20MB of
> DB.
> >
> > > Long ago in my Quicken days, I would generally keep about 3 years of
> > data
> > > and then "archive" transactions older than that... I don't know if
> > GnuCash
> > > has (or needs) any similar feature.
> >
> > For what it's worth, I have data going back to like 2007 in my file.
> > GnuCash does not really have an "archive" function (although there
> > have been 3rd party tools that do that.
> >
> > Hope that helps!
> >
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