On 2025-08-26 10:29, David T. via gnucash-user wrote:
Given Stan's response on this, I'm imagining the problem lies with
something in the data file. In fact, if I open a different file on the
machine, the problem appears to have disappeared. So, that supports
the idea that there is something wrong with the file.
Unfortunately, my data file covers 20 years of information. And yes,
I've run Check & Repair on the whole file. I can also eliminate any
issue with the gcm file, since I am on a new machine, and the gcm is
new (I know this because every account's column settings are defaulted
back stock layout. I had set the columns on the old machine).
I have absolutely no idea how I would troubleshoot this. Re-entering
20 years of data is not the answer. As for an older backup, I had
already held off on bookkeeping for the last six months; going further
back would entail manual entry of thousands of transactions, which is
really not something I'm prepared to do either.
I would scan the raw xml to see if there were something obvious, but I
don't even know what I'd be looking for. I am considering exporting
the entire file to CSV and then reimporting into a new file,but again,
if the problem is some form of corruption in the transaction data,
this would just propagate the problem in a new file...
I am open to creative suggestions.
Are you in a position to switch to a database (postgresql, mysql,
sqlite)? The problem may be (in part or whole) the sheer size of the
file, not its contents or structure.
Cheers
Cam
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