GnuCash 2.3.2 + MySQL on Windows

[Derek Atkins]

Colin Law <clanlaw at googlemail.com> writes:

> 2009/7/20 Derek Atkins <warlord at mit.edu>:
>> Ken <kmailuk at googlemail.com> writes:
>>
>>> Hi. I just tried GnuCash 2.3.2 in Windows with MySQL as the storage
>>> database. It worked really well.  I love the simplicity and being able
>>> to look through the database to see how data is stored (and
>>> potentially add/edit data directly in the tables).  I think when the
>>> production version of this comes out I'll be ready to firmly move away
>>>>From Quicken and to GnuCash for good.  I wanted to say "thanks, and
>>> keep up the fantastic work" to all the developers on this project.
>>
>> Note that we do not support you adding or editing data directly
>> in the database.  You may destroy your data in doing so.  YMMV.
>>
>
> Could you clarify this please?  Do you mean that if I edit the data
> directly in the database and make a mistake in editing it so that the
> data is not valid (possibly because I do not understand the format
> fully), that the data may be destroyed, or do you mean that even if
> the edited data is fully valid that  gnucash will somehow know that it
> did not enter the data and that the data may be destroyed?

I mean that it's not supported.  It may work just fine, but it also may
destroy your data, make it unreadable/unusable/wrong, destroy your hard
disk drive, or even cause your first-born child to be sacrificed to the
SCSI Gods (in place of the goat you failed to sacrifice last week).
The most likely result is #2, but like I said, it's unsupported.
If you try on your own we cannot guarantee any result.

> Colin

-derek

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