About GnuCash 2.3.x / 2.4

[Josh Sled]

"AmigaPhil" <AmigaPhil at ping.be> writes:
> 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).

Along those lines, some frameworks (django, ruby on rails, &c.) have
built-in webservers, well suited for single-user or even local-network
usage.

Said another way, no, there's no *need* for PHP+Apache.  I'd not phrase
it as "this particular toolchain is needed" … *any* development platform
that can connect to a database can be used.  Which is pretty much every
one worth talking about.


> 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.

While I disagree about the relative "handiness" of those two things …
this is basic software development stuff.  Never has it been easier to
satisfy these requirements.  If this is too onerous … what do you want
instead?

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