database backend (and: Privacy and passwords)

[Derek Atkins]

Quoting Eric Anopolsky <erpo41 at gmail.com>:

> Hi all,
>
> I ran across the following paragraph searching for information about
> encryption support in Gnucash:
>
> "However, there are a number of developers currently working very hard on
> adding the option of using a database of your choice as the backend for
> GnuCash (rather than an XML file). When these efforts are completed, it
> should be fairly simple to integrate any encryption and password protection
> functionality provided by the database software."
>
> I hope this will remain just an option. Each MythTV user who I have
> asked has said that setting up the mandatory RDBMS to run the
> application significantly raises the level of technical skill required
> and is an irritation even for experienced users.

Think "SQLite".  No server configuration required.  It's just a replacement
for the XML-File backend but gives us the ability to do real-time data
commits.

-derek

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