using PostgreSQL

Christian Eichert gnucash at zp1.net
Sun Jan 12 17:38:36 EST 2014


Geert Janssens wrote:
> On Sunday 12 January 2014 22:01:24 Per Johansson wrote:
>> What about performance? It ought to be better using a database than an
>> XML file.
>>
> Performance in this case is similar. When you open your xml file or your postgresql database,
> the whole file/database are loaded into memory and stays there until you close the
> file/database again.
In the end the software must work with outside databases.
This is not only necessary to prevent data loss but also to allow 
multiuser mode.
In multiuser mode its not possible to share a xml file.

christian







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