WHY use anything other than an XML backend?

Geert Janssens janssens-geert at telenet.be
Tue Apr 19 16:13:22 EDT 2011


On dinsdag 19 april 2011, gbguy wrote:
> John,
> Thanks for the info.  As I said before, not all the GnuCash users are
> developers, so keep them in mind when you make your announcements.
> 
> Later today I'm going to make an entry in the FAQs about the use of XML and
> SQL.  You can change it if you don't agree with what I said.
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Another advantage of the sql backend is that it saves instantly, so you have 
less risk of data loss (except for the issues with online banking John 
mentioned).

As far as I remember, that was the primary motivation to introduce an sql 
based backend in the first place. The tech is still fairly new in GnuCash 
though and should probably still mature some.

Geert


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