GnuCash PostgreSQL support

Tarlika Elisabeth Schmitz gnucash5 at numerixtechnology.de
Fri Jan 27 15:20:12 EST 2012


On Fri, 27 Jan 2012 20:47:47 +0100
Klaus Dahlke <klaus.dahlke at gmx.de> wrote:


>> > On Fri, 27 Jan 2012 09:57:56 -0500
>> > Derek Atkins <warlord at MIT.EDU> wrote:
>> > 
>> >> There are a LOT of data loss issues in
>> >> the SQL backend that have been fixed in later releases. 

>
>I'd like to share my experience. I use the postgresql-backend since it
>came available with 2.4.x and never experienced a data loss.[...]
>
>I als modified some transactions by e.g. moving them from one cost
>account to another one. I agree that has to be done careful, but it
>worked out. Having teh xml-file as backup is a good idea.
>
>My main intention to go the the postgresql backend is that I get rid
>of the xml file and could write my own reports. For the later I wrote
>a small application in Ruby on Rails. Ruby on Rails also allows to
>define foreign keys at the application level. Doing so I can extrate
>the transactions and splits nicely and put them together in a format I
>like.

Many thanks, Klaus.
Would you mind sharing your Ruby on Rails application?


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Best Regards,
Tarlika Elisabeth Schmitz


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