WHY use anything other than an XML backend?

[Robert Heller]

At Tue, 19 Apr 2011 13:14:58 -0400 Carpet Nailz <carpetnailz at researchintegration.org> wrote:

> 
> I don't know about anyone else, but I've been frustrated for years by
> the difficulty of flexibly developing reports in GnuCash. As a
> "non-programmer," I'm totally dependent on their front-end options and
> then having to manipulate the html report into usable spreadsheet
> format.
> 
> I haven't gone to the alternate backend yet because I haven't invested
> the time to make the move. But what I find promising is the opportunity
> (if I've properly interpreted what I've heard) to access the backend
> directly with some SQL to get the kind of reports I want.

The other thing about the SQL backend is that it makes a move to a
multiple concurrent user usage model possible, since the RDBMS systems
include the proper database locking, etc. needed for such a puspose.  I
believe the long term planning for GnuCash is to provide for this sort
of capability. 

> 
> Furthermore, (again, if I've correctly interpreted what I've read), the
> XML option will still be there, won't it?
> 
> On Tue, 2011-04-19 at 09:56 -0700, gbguy wrote:
> > I've seen that for a few releases GnuCash supports other backends than XML. 
> > However, nowhere have I been able to find out WHY you would want to do this? 
> > What would be the advantages and disadvantages?
> > 
> > Not to sound negative, but the GnuCash developers should consider their
> > non-programmer audience when announcing new features.
> > 
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