moving to sql backend

[Liz]

On Mon, 02 Sep 2013 17:49:06 -0400
Carpetnailz <carpetnailz at researchintegration.org> wrote:

> I'm wanting to explore using a mysql backend for gnucash. All I can
> find in the tutorial and help manuals is the instruction to "save as"
> and select the desired sql data format.
> 
> But all I see there is the xml format option, and I haven't been able
> to find any instructions in the documentation on how to get 'save as'
> to show a mysql option--how to actually create the the mysql backend.
> The instructions seem to assume you've done it somehow. I have mysql
> running on my computer and can create a database there for GnuCash,
> but I need help in how to tell GnuCash to recognize it. I've searched
> both the help manual and the concepts guide to no avail.
> 
> Can you tell me where to find the needed info?
> 
> I've got GnuCash 2.4.13 on Fedora 17.
> 
> Thanks.
> 

You need a program to bridge between Gnucash and your database
backend, MySql.

In Debian you would install libdbd-mysql.
You might find it is libdbi-mysql in Fedora - that is a previous name
for the library.