GDA: possible problem

Albert Lash albert.lash at gmail.com
Thu Jan 31 12:57:13 EST 2008


I'm good for testing - my production bookkeeping data is in a MySQL
database and I manage it with PBooks and by hand.

On Jan 31, 2008 9:48 AM, David Reiser <dbreiser at earthlink.net> wrote:
> It will be a while yet. The gda enabling work is still in the early
> stages of testing. You wouldn't want to entrust live data to it yet.
> So unless you want to set up parallel gnucash instances and test data
> files, it will be some time yet before it makes sense to try what you
> ask.
>
> Dave
>
> On Jan 31, 2008, at 6:10 AM, Albert Lash wrote:
>
> > That is wonderful to hear! Does that mean that I can open up a GnuCash
> > storage file using the sqlite command line tool right off the bat? If
> > not, what would be required to set up a SQLite database? This is good
> > news to me.
> >
> > Albert
> >
> > On Jan 30, 2008 8:38 PM, David Reiser <dbreiser at earthlink.net> wrote:
> >>
> >> On Jan 30, 2008, at 5:55 PM, Albert Lash wrote:
> >>
> >>> Just wanted to chime in here and mention that I'm also interested in
> >>> using a SQL powered storage mechanism with GnuCash. Since GnuCash
> >>> is a
> >>> desktop application, I was thinking SQLite might be a good
> >>> candidate.
> >>> I think GnuCash has connected with Postgres and MySQL, but has
> >>> anyone
> >>> ever tried SQLite?
> >>>
> >> SQLite is the default backend for libgda. The gnucash developer
> >> working on the backend has tested more with sqlite than with mysql.
> >>
> >> I've tried a couple runs with sqlite. I had some self-inflicted
> >> problems, but once those were cleared up I also ran into at least
> >> painfully slow response times and possibly a bug or two. I have to
> >> try
> >> a couple other things to make sure I haven't shot myself in the other
> >> foot.
> >>
> >> Dave
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