Regarding Windows and Remote MYSQL server (may be host specific)

[trythis]

I think this may relate to bugzilla number 608032 after some more feedback
from HostGator support.  


trythis wrote
> 
> I tried using a remote Mysql back end with Windows 7 64.
> My web host is HostGator.
> 
> It was a great thing to be able to access the same file from more than one
> location, once at a time, not mulituser.
> 
> It didnt work out though.  I just thought I would report this to
> discourage anyone from attempting this as a primary way of using Gnucash.  
> Weather it was HostGator's setup, Gnucash or a combination of the two, it
> just wasn't reliable. I had constant errors that said "Could not save to
> the database", and after that, I could not enter any new transactions.  I
> would have to reconnect. This would be most irritating when importing
> large QIF files or importing through AQbanking.  I wouldnt know when it
> stopped recording data and later when reconciling, would find 3 to 12
> entries just got missed.  Client side I could still see some data, but if
> I clicked on it, it would vaporize.  I would have to re-start, and
> re-enter the data. Ick.
> 
>  I dont know if Gnucash creates too many connections, (HostGator limits to
> 5) or if the CPU requirements on the server side are too much and it is
> kicking me off.  
> 
>  Devs or other users, would you recommend a different web host, or a good
> way to keep my GC file mobile so I can work from more than one computer? I
> suppose a thumb drive would be simple, if I could remember it, or not lose
> it,  but require some encryption and more attention to that drive than I
> am likely to have.
> 
> Thanks!
> 


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