Default save-as file format: Rather stick to XML?

Phil Longstaff plongstaff at rogers.com
Mon Nov 2 11:05:14 EST 2009


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I've been using the sqlite3 backend for my home use.  However, since I don't use the business features extensively (I have a bit when I was doing some contract work), there are some issues I don't run into.  There are still some issues (see the SQL Backend category for GnuCash in bugzilla.gnome.org that need to be fixed before it is ready for production use.

Phil




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From: T. Howell-Cintron <lists at kathera.com>
To: Phil Longstaff <plongstaff at rogers.com>
Sent: Mon, November 2, 2009 10:51:46 AM
Subject: Re: Default save-as file format: Rather stick to XML?

Phil Longstaff wrote:
> One thing that the 2.3.X series has done is flush out some of the sql backend problems.  I don't think that would have happened if it had just stayed on trunk, limited to those who build trunk themselves.  I think the gnucash website does need some work to make the latest stable version (2.2.9) *much* more visible vs the unstable releases.

I concur - as a new GnuCash user it was so much easier to locate and download the unstable release than the stable one, and it wasn't until I tried to load my data-set in to a pre-installed (Fedora) stable release that I realized the mistake.

> I'm not yet ready to switch back to the XML backend but I won't rule that out.

Is the sqlite3 back-end ready for production use?  I'll happily stick with XML because it's more portable but if sqlite3 is ready I'd be game for using it more often.

-- Tom


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