The Gnucash database?

[Linas Vepstas]

On Tue, Jul 20, 2004 at 07:39:39PM -0500, blfs was heard to remark:
> I have read the replys and now I am confused about
> another point.  Why isnt Gnucash based on an SQL 
> database?  

It is, one of the backends supports postgres.

> I would also think the design should be
> modular so the database engine is seperate from the
> program.

Its is.

> This would solve the import problem, the export
> problem and a whole host of other problems.

import/export have nothing to do with databases.

> Again, I repeat I am completely ignorant about Gnucash,
> but are there any parts of this code that can be run 
> without the whole?  

yes. See, for example, qof.sourceforge.net.

> It seems that the design of this
> program is not modular, but again I am next to
> completely ignorant as regards to Gnucash.

Gnucash is very modular.

--linas

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