GnuCash 2.3.2 + MySQL on Windows

[Colin Law]

2009/7/21 Derek Atkins <warlord at mit.edu>:
> 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.

I think that is fair (though not sure whether my first-born child
would agree).  If I mess about with the db then that is entirely at my
own risk.

Colin Law