using PostgreSQL

[David Carlson]

On 1/12/2014 8:18 AM, Christian Eichert wrote:
> I am reading here in the Documentation:
>
>    GnuCash by default stores data in an *xml* format. Starting with
>    version 2.4, GnuCash financial data can be stored in a *SQL
>    database* using *SQLite3*, *MySQL* or *PostgreSQL*.
>
> But there is no further word spent about this important features.
>
> Can Someone tell me how to enable the default storage in PostgreSQL
> format ?
>
> regards
> Christian
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As far as I know, the developers are not recommending using database
type of data file at this time because there are still some issues with
losing data, as well as not achieving the expected db advantages due to
the current data structure.  It will be quite a while before the data
structure is revamped.

David C