WHY use anything other than an XML backend?

[Andy Den Tandt]

>>It would be interesting to know how
>> frequently users resort to the close-without-saving feature using XML. 
>Almost never.

I revert my changes whenever I am trying something out. Eg create new
account tree and see how that works out; ... But that can easily be achieved
by opening the real DB and saving to a test DB.

Which brings me to another question: what prevents me from switching to the
new backend; using that for a while to see how it goes; and then switching
back to XML? How bad is the 'data loss for a few new features' that was
mentioned a few posts ago?

Andy

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[mailto:gnucash-user-bounces+adtlist_qsd=adtsoft.eu at gnucash.org] Namens Mike
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Verzonden: woensdag 20 april 2011 17:04
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Onderwerp: Re: WHY use anything other than an XML backend?

On 4/20/2011 10:58 AM, John Layman wrote:
> It seems to me the advantages of using a DBMS lie in the ability to handle
a
> huge data store efficiently, to access the data using standard tools, and
> the potential for evolving GnuCash in a multi-user direction.  But there
is
> much to be said for the benefits of an in-memory data store.  Instant
saving
> is not an unqualified advantage.  It would be interesting to know how
> frequently users resort to the close-without-saving feature using XML. 

Almost never.
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