"Saving as" mysql database.

[Geert Janssens]

On Sunday 8 August 2010, Paddy Walker wrote:
> 	I have gnucash 2.2.9 as my "production system" for my business accounts.
> It does everything I require of it very well.
> 	I have installed gnucash 2.3.13 from Fedora 13 on a second bootable hard
> drive. My intention is to save my data file as a mysql database and query
>  it using OpenOffice Base on a read only basis. Eventually I hope to use
>  Sun Report Builder to produce management reports.
> 	 Unfortunately, I have fallen at the first fence. "Save as" only lists xml
> as a drop down. I have a working installation of mysql  with permissions
> granted to me as a user. I have created a database gnucash. I have not
> specifically installed libdbi driver.
> 	Please could someone direct me to instructions to getting gnucash to
> recognise mysql.
> 	Thank you.
> Paddy Walker
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Hi,

GnuCash uses libdbi to talk to the supported databases and by default libdbi 
is installed when GnuCash gets installed. However, libdbi itself has separate 
plugins for each database it can talk to. Each of these plugins is optional 
and probably not installed by default. If the plugins are missing, gnucash 
won't offer you the option to connect to that particular database.

Is libdbi-dbd-mysql installed on your system ?

Geert