Thank you both for your advice. I don’t have a backup of the 2.3.4 database. Is there a way to recover data from the current 4.12 database?
Also why does Gnucash work fine after the database upgrade but then develop a fault afterwards? Thank you On Thu, 20 Oct 2022 at 2:28 am, Adrien Monteleone < adrien.montele...@lusfiber.net> wrote: > Indeed, if you were truly running 2.3.4, you'll need to step to a 2.4.x > version, then a 2.6.x version, then 3.x, then 4.12, running Actions > > Check & Repair > Check & Repair All when first opening the file after > each upgrade, and of course ideally, keeping backup versions each step > along the way in case something goes wrong and you have to take a step > back rather than starting over from the original file. > > Regards, > Adrien > > On 10/19/22 7:55 AM, David Carlson wrote: > > First, you need to locate your last backup before your upgrade. As has > > been described here before, you need to start in the FAQ at 3.5 ( > > > https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/FAQ#Using_Different_Versions.2C_Up_And_Downgrade > ) > > and read the precautions. Depending on your specific data it is usually > a > > good idea to go through the intermediate major versions and run check and > > repair at each step, keeping backups at each step. In some cases that > can > > take a very long time (hours) and GnuCash may appear to be frozen when it > > is still cranking, so it behooves you to use a task manager to verify > that > > it is still working before concluding that it is stuck. There is more > > specific information somewhere else but I don't recall where it is. > > Perhaps another user remembers where the more detailed instructions > reside. > > _______________________________________________ > gnucash-user mailing list > gnucash-user@gnucash.org > To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user > ----- > Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. > You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. > _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
