GnuCash Oracle File Format

[JonBL]

Thanks, John for your response. I suggested my preferred back end was Oracle,
because I'm an experienced Oracle DBA, and am familiar with using it as a
repository for application development. While Oracle Enterprise and Standard
editions are not free for commercial users, they are free for download by
any user for evaluation purposes, and (I think) are free for use by
non-commercial users such as home users. Oracle provides a free database and
development environment called APEX, which is out there to encourage users
of other database products to migrate to Oracle, and to provide an Oracle
environment that any developer can manage without needing assistance from a
DBA. APEX might provide a viable Oracle backend for apps such as GnuCash
that anyone can use without violating Oracle's licensing requirements.

For what it's worth, I would be happy to consider contributing to an Oracle
backend option for GnuCash.

I note your comment "Gnucash will create the database if it can and needs
to." In my original post, I indicated I have mySQL now installed, but I
can't select mySQL as a File -> Save As option. What specifically do I need
to do to see mySQL as an available Save As option? 

I note that some other respondents to my original post suggest that it might
be better to stick with XML for the time being. Is this your recommendation?

Regards,
  Jon

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