[moneydance] Archiving old transactions

[Gordon Alley]

My MD data file goes back to 1999 (up to 2003 imported from Quicken). It's
at 6.1 MB now. Running on my slow iMac G4 800, there are times when delays
are pretty noticeable, primarily when entering and reconciling investment
transactions. I suspect that's caused by the large file size.
-Gordon

On Sat, Apr 19, 2008 at 2:15 AM, Edward Reid <edward at paleo.org> wrote:

> 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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