Hi, The location of the database file has a number of log files in it if that helps.
Thanks for responding. On Thu, 20 Oct 2022 at 7:01 pm, Maf. King <m...@chilwell.net> wrote: > Just an observation, from the depths of history... > > IIRC, 2.3.x I think was a development series; unstable and for bug testing > and > so on, and for "expert" users only (ie not me) > > it feels to me that having that running on win11 is unlikely, I'm not even > sure that 2.3 release were for windows - if they were available then they > would have been some of the very first releases of GC on winXP. > > I am pretty sure that if 2.3.4 was installed by the OP, then the GC > database > would be in XML not SQL and so the usually auto-created backup files > should > have been made and might be lurking in a corner of a hard disk? > > HTH, > Maf. > > > > On Thursday, 20 October 2022 06:52:54 BST Adrien Monteleone wrote: > > Unlikely, but you might get lucky. (You really don't have *any* backup > > at all? Really? You've been using a decades old version of GnuCash and > > you never make backups?) > > > > Note, the GnuCash file, by default unless you changed it, is a > > compressed XML file. Uncompressed, it is just plain text and human > > readable. (albeit in a markup language) How the file is arranged has > > changed over the years, but the raw data should still be there. > > > > As for 'developing a problem afterwards' it could be that GnuCash is > > proceeding with data migration in the background, but it may have gotten > > hung up on something, or it is just really taking a long time. > > > > As David noted, running from the command line, or getting a Trace File > > might shed some light as to what is going on. > > > > You *might* get lucky by removing 4.12, going back to 2.3.4, then > > proceeding as I outlined, *but* be darned sure to MAKE A COPY of your > > file before doing so! > > > > Honestly, I'd go the route David suggested first to get some output and > > then report back here what you get. > > > > Also, what do you mean by 'blank screen'? Can you take a screenshot and > > attach it in a reply? (do not paste in-line, it needs to be attached) > > > > Maybe do that FIRST, and then once we see what you see, we can advise > > further. > > > > Regards, > > Adrien > > > > On 10/19/22 10:13 PM, Rosepetals wrote: > > > 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? > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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. > _______________________________________________ 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.