Using MySQL with GnuCash

Colin Law clanlaw at gmail.com
Mon Sep 14 15:45:50 EDT 2015


On 14 September 2015 at 20:41, Hossain <contacthossain at gmail.com> wrote:
> I did it  but GNUCash from remote PC can only use MySQL , when the Server PC
> is not using another GNUCash ( two application at  d same time). When Server
> PC
> is already running GNUCash, starting another GNUCash from client PC says
> "GUNCASH
> couldnt obtain the lock for mysql://gunuser@192.168.0.102/gnucash. That
> database
> maybe in use by another user, in which case you shoudnt open the database,
> What wud
> u like to do? " It has 4 options- Open Read Only, Create New File, Open
> Anyway, Quit .
> I dont know wat to do now. I want to use GNUCash at d same time from two
> PCs.

You can't.  Gnucash does not yet support multiple users at the same
time, even when using mysql.

Colin


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