As I sift through the disaster of upgrading from Q2007 H&B to Q2010 H&B, I have lots of time to ponder what may have happened.
Situation: Since the QEL file apparently did *not* convert successfully, I face re-processing 800+ Quicken Bill Pay transactions (going back to 2004), which poured into my registers when I reconnected QBP in Q2010. I now get to spend New Year's week (several days) going thru each & every 800 transactions & re-matching, ignoring, accepting, etc.
How could this have happened? If I had known that my 2007 data file(s) may have been compromised somehow, I could have taken measures beforehand, such as "validate" to avert this monumental bookkeeping disaster. But does "validate" handle files outside of QDF? Would validate have even helped with a failed QEL conversion ??
RE: Validating: (1) what does that do? Some of the documentation I've read says not to do this regularly. (2) Is there a downside to validating? (3) Does it compromise file integrity over time? (4) Is a report generated by validate every time or only if there is a problem? (5) Does validate self-correct problems?
My data file is not as old as some (probably 8 years old), but I want to use whatever *best practices* are out there to assure the integrity of this file. It is 17 MB & goes back to Jan 06. (6) Does size of the file compromise integrity?
Sorry about lengthy post, but I'm faced with huge disaster that should not happen to anyone.