client-server

[Patrick Spinler]

linas@linas.org wrote:
> 
> OK, here's the dope:
> 
> I don't think rob is entirely aware of the possibilities that his XML
> file format opens up.   Some of the readers of this mailing list may
> also not be aware of what demos grib has done with embedding guppi
> in html.  I don't know how many people are aware that the cvs branch
> of gnucash has a web browser more-or-less built into it.  Its not a
> great all-purpose browser, but for the following example, that don't
> matter.
> 
> GnuCash is just inches away from being a financial ASP website.
> Here's how:

<snip>

In short - Wow !  I like it.

> -- We've side-stepped the sql transport issue, sort-of.  All data
>    between gnucash-the-web-browser and gnc-the-apache-server is in
>    the form of this oddly marked-up html with embedded, uuencoded
>    gnc-xml.  On the server side, we have to write some cgi-bins
>    that yank data from any old sql db, and convert it into gnc-xml.
>    (personally, I recommed using gnc-engine to implement those
>    cgi-bins).

As the one area I'm competent to comment on (databases), this makes
perfect sense to me.

-- Pat

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