Quick database question

[David T.]

Sorry--I misunderstood.

--- On Mon, 12/27/10, Colin Law <clanlaw at googlemail.com> wrote:

> From: Colin Law <clanlaw at googlemail.com>
> Subject: Re: Quick database question
> To: "David T." <sunfish62 at yahoo.com>
> Cc: "Shane Litherland" <litherland-farm at bigpond.com>, gnucash-user at gnucash.org
> Date: Monday, December 27, 2010, 1:04 PM
> On 27 December 2010 20:52, David T.
> <sunfish62 at yahoo.com>
> wrote:
> > Colin--
> >
> > This solution raises one problem for the end user:
> when one uses Save as to a different format, THAT format
> becomes the default going forward. The user would have to
> know that if they wanted to continue using SQL, then they
> have to RE-save as SQL. That is counter-intuitive, and seems
> well-suited to a user not getting the behavior they
> expected. There is also the (exceedingly unlikely)
> possibility that the conversion back and forth might result
> in data corruption.
> 
> That is why I suggested a specific command on the File
> menu, File >
> Save Backup.  This would save an XML format file
> without switching
> away from the current database (whatever format that is).
> 
> Colin
>