[moneydance] Archiving old transactions

[Edward Reid]

At 11:23 04/18/08 -0700, William Morton wrote:
>Is there a way to split out older transactions in a Moneydance database
>into an "archive" file, to keep the file size of the current database
>from growing forever?

If the size of the file is your concern, then my answer is, don't bother. I 
have over 15 years of personal finance in my MD file (I converted from 
Quicken a couple of years ago), and the file has grown to a massive 2.7 MB.

Disk space is becoming cheaper at an astounding rate. Disk speeds are 
increasing steadily. Home networking speeds and online backup costs (see 
Jungle Disk for example) have reached the point that a 2.7 MB file is not a 
big deal.

If your MD file is looking at tens of MB within five years, then you 
probably have a transaction volume which warrants putting the money into 
more sophisticated accounting software, in particular based on database 
technology. MD is clearly focused on the personal bookkeeping market.

If it's going to take you a decade to get to 10 MB, then don't sweat it.

Now, if your concern is hiding older transactions for convenience, that's 
another matter. I haven't felt the need, but then I don't do nearly as much 
reporting as some people.

Edward
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