[gnome-db] What DWI does [was Re: GnuCash page on GO site]

[Derek Atkins]

Rodrigo Moya <rodrigo at gnome-db.org> writes:

>> It should be possible..  We would just need to implement a proper
>> qof-backend module against libgda.  Note, however, that this backend
>> would be required to implement all the cache consistency checks....
>> 
> hmm, does this mean that the XML backend implements also all that cache
> consistency checks? If so, could those checks be moved up in the stack
> to be implemented on top of the different backends? that is, one
> implementation of the cache for all providers

No, the XML backend does not -- it enforces single-user mode by a 
file lock.  Users hate it (and I don't blame them).

> cheers

-derek

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