moving to sql backend

[Carpetnailz]

On Mon, 2013-09-02 at 18:14 -0400, Carpetnailz wrote:
>      A. On Mon, 2013-09-02 at 18:11 -0400, Carpetnailz wrote:
> > On Tue, 2013-09-03 at 08:01 +1000, Liz wrote:
> > > 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.
> > 
> > Yum tells me, "No package available" for both libdbi-mysql and
> > libdbd-mysql.
> It does appear in Add/Remove Software, tho. I'll see where that takes
> me.
> Thanks.
That seems to have done it. 

It seems to me it would be good to have that info in the Help and in the
Tutorial Documents--or, if the details vary too much from distro to
distro, at least some general indication of what's needed. 

Thanks again.