Quick database question

Colin Law clanlaw at googlemail.com
Thu Dec 23 16:14:38 EST 2010


On 23 December 2010 18:49, Phil Longstaff <plongstaff at rogers.com> wrote:
> No, there is no backup.  If using sqlite3, the database is in a file and you
> need to manually backup.  If using mysql or pgsql, it is assumed you will use
> the database tools to periodically backup.
>
> It wouldn't hurt to provide a mechanism for automatically backing up the sqlite3
> file periodically.

A long time ago I suggested a File > Save Backup action which would
save an xml format file without having to do Save As (xml) and then
re-open the sql version.  It did not meet with favour at the time
however.  :(

Colin


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