GnuCash Oracle File Format

[Phil Longstaff]

To be a bit more precise, gnucash uses software called libdbi to access the sql database.  According to the libdbi web page (http://libdbi.sourceforge.net/), Oracle is "in preparation".  However, even with libdbi support, someone would need to write some oracle-specific code for gnucash.  This is because, while sql is sort-of standardized, each database has its own flavour of sql, and gnucash does need some database engine-specific code.  Not hard to do, but would need to be done by someone with access to that database to test.  I don't have access to an oracle database.

Phil


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 From: David T. <sunfish62 at yahoo.com>
To: JonBL <jc.blake at bigpond.net.au>; "gnucash-user at gnucash.org" <gnucash-user at gnucash.org> 
Sent: Monday, February 6, 2012 11:06:18 PM
Subject: Re: GnuCash Oracle File Format
 
Jon--

Welcome to GnuCash. 


If you install the appropriate database drivers, yes, you may save in one of the approved database formats. However, there is little to be gained by this at this time. 


And the only way you'll be able to use Oracle would be if you were to write the driver for it.

Cheers,
David



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From: JonBL <jc.blake at bigpond.net.au>
To: gnucash-user at gnucash.org 
Sent: Thursday, February 2, 2012 8:17 PM
Subject: GnuCash Oracle File Format

Hi, I'm a newbie to GnuCash, running v 2.4.7 on Fedora 14. I'm working
through the online doco, and have successfully created an XML file for my
chosen accounts. 

When choosing option File -> Save As..., XML was the only available option
for my GnuCash file. If I had SQLite3, mySQL or PostgreSQL installed on my
F14 box (none presently are), presumably I could have chosen one of these
database file options instead of XML. Is that understanding correct, and if
so, would GnuCash go on to create the database, or would I need to first
create the database before nominating it as the GnuCash file object?

My preferred GnuCash file option is to use an Oracle database. Is there any
way of using Oracle instead of SQLite2, mySQL or PostgreSQL for this
purpose? 

TIA,
  Jon

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