pack money data?

Is it possible to pack and/or otherwise clean up Money's data file? I'm sure
I don't have 12MB of data in that file, despite its size. It's probably a
jumble in there, just waiting for a chance to get corrupted.

via_newsgroup
Mon Feb 21 13:58:24 CST 2005

In microsoft.public.money, Paul Pedersen wrote:

>Is it possible to pack and/or otherwise clean up Money's data file? I'm sure
>I don't have 12MB of data in that file, despite its size. It's probably a
>jumble in there, just waiting for a chance to get corrupted.
>

12 MB is below average I suspect. I recommend you minimize getting
stock quotes if you want to slow the growth.

Dick
Mon Feb 21 14:06:34 CST 2005

File|Archive and removing old securities quotes are the only two methods to
do this; the latter is only available in >=M04, IIRC.

Archiving is NOT recommended, for any number of reasons.

Money storage is known to be relatively space inefficient. Supposedly it's
optimized for performance, though any Money user will surely doubt that.

See http://umpmfaq.info/faqdb.php?q=7.

BTW, my file is 55MB+.

"Paul Pedersen" <no-reply@swen.com> wrote in message
news:uKURT3EGFHA.2876@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> Is it possible to pack and/or otherwise clean up Money's data file? I'm
sure
> I don't have 12MB of data in that file, despite its size. It's probably a
> jumble in there, just waiting for a chance to get corrupted.

Paul
Mon Feb 21 18:06:16 CST 2005

Disk space isn't really a problem. I'm just concerned about buildup of
internal clutter.


"Cal Learner-- MVP" <via_newsgroup@please.tnx> wrote in message
news:r9fk11h8fifiqhr3673kek98a87ff9no6c@4ax.com...
> In microsoft.public.money, Paul Pedersen wrote:
>
>>Is it possible to pack and/or otherwise clean up Money's data file? I'm
>>sure
>>I don't have 12MB of data in that file, despite its size. It's probably a
>>jumble in there, just waiting for a chance to get corrupted.
>>
>
> 12 MB is below average I suspect. I recommend you minimize getting
> stock quotes if you want to slow the growth.
>

Paul
Mon Feb 21 18:09:06 CST 2005


"Dick Watson" <littlegreengecko@mind-enufalready-spring.com> wrote in
message news:%23zf9YDFGFHA.1188@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> File|Archive and removing old securities quotes are the only two methods
> to
> do this; the latter is only available in >=M04, IIRC.
>
> Archiving is NOT recommended, for any number of reasons.
>
> Money storage is known to be relatively space inefficient. Supposedly it's
> optimized for performance, though any Money user will surely doubt that.
>
> See http://umpmfaq.info/faqdb.php?q=7.

Thanks for the info.



>
> BTW, my file is 55MB+.

Hmm, you must have more money than I do! :-)


I guess frequent backups are the only way to deal with data corruption.

Dick
Mon Feb 21 19:17:26 CST 2005

Maybe I'm just more anal about recording transactions and/or have been doing
it longer.

If you are having corruption problems, backups won't eliminate them. But
they are your best insurance against corruption and a whole host of other
issues like dead hard disks.

"Paul Pedersen" <no-reply@swen.com> wrote in message
news:ONFX%23KHGFHA.1456@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
>> BTW, my file is 55MB+.
>
> Hmm, you must have more money than I do! :-)
>
>
> I guess frequent backups are the only way to deal with data corruption.

Paul
Tue Feb 22 11:45:43 CST 2005


>>> BTW, my file is 55MB+.

>> Hmm, you must have more money than I do! :-)

> Maybe I'm just more anal about recording transactions and/or have been
> doing it longer.


Hmm, I say, heah, that was a JOKE, son! More money = bigger file... makes
sense, right?

:-)