[GNC] Max number of Accounts

[Christopher Treen]

Thank you everyone that replied.  Puts my mind at ease.

Chris


On 05-Dec-2025 18:51, Cam Ellison wrote:
>
> On 2025-12-05 09:36, sunfish62--- via gnucash-user wrote:
>> Since everything use GUIDs behind the scenes, I believe that Stan is 
>> right. I haven't looked in a long time, but I seem to recall that my 
>> CoA had a few hundred accounts many years ago. And my data file is 
>> about 6mb compressed, going to 60mb uncompressed. I think our German 
>> users may have more to say; my recollection is that they use accounts 
>> much more aggressively than Americans do...
>>
>> ⁣David T. ​
>>
>> On Dec 5, 2025, 10:52 PM, at 10:52 PM, "Stan Brown (using GC 4.14)" 
>> <stan+gc at fastmail.fm> wrote:
>>> On 2025-12-05 09:07, Christopher Treen wrote:
>>>> But my question is a simple one: Is there a MAXIMUM number of
>>> Accounts,
>>>> or file size? I currently have 53 parts with one Account per Part
>>> Number
>>>> to track stock levels. This WILL grow with time.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks in advance, Chris
>
> The maximum GUID for an account is 32 hex characters. That's a very 
> big number, and you're not going to reach it in your lifetime.
>
> Nothing to worry about.
>
> Cheers
>
> Cam
>
>
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