About GnuCash 2.3.x / 2.4

[AmigaPhil]

Maf. King wrote:

> On Tuesday 04 August 2009 21:49:02 AmigaPhil wrote:
>
>> Now that GnuCash 2.3.x / 2.4 will also store the data in a SQL
>> database, I guess this will allow users to perform several
>> operations without loading the GnuCash interface, like creating
>> and interacting with a HTML (and PHP/MySQL queries) report from
>> a web browser.  Am I right ?
>>
>> What will be needed to be able to access the database from a local
>> web form ?
>>
>> - a web browser (almost every computer already has one installed)
>> - PHP5
>> - MySQL or PostgreSQL
>>   (MySQL is already installed on my Linux distribution.  But I read
>>   some years ago discussions about how superior/safer PostgreSQL is.
>>   Is it worth to install PostgreSQL too ?  Which one is better ?)
>>
>> Anything else ?
>>
>
> I'd imagine a web server (Apache?) might be needed too?

Ha yes, forgot it (needed at least to handle the HTTP requests of a
web form).

All in all, having to install and configure Apache and PHP5 (and
PostgreSQL) does not come more handy than having to learn Scheme and
how to build reports.



AmigaPhil