Version Migration

[Matthew Pounsett]

On 31 August 2017 at 22:58, John Ralls <jralls at ceridwen.us> wrote:

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> > On Aug 31, 2017, at 2:36 PM, Mike or Penny Novack <
> stepbystepfarm at dialup4less.com> wrote:
> >
> > Are folks saying that sqlite3 does NOT come with a backup/restore
> utility? I would think that at least somewhat strange.
>
> Not a bit. I just pointed out that GnuCash doesn’t create backups with the
> SQL backend the way it does with the XML one.
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> As always the user should have automatic backups to separate media,
> including off-site, regardless of backend. With SQLite3 that can be done
> with a simple file copy as well as the usual SQL dump that one might use
> with a server database.
>
> Indeed.  There are all sorts of ways that backups can be accomplished.. I
pointed out a zero-effort option which seems to work reliably, but that
doesn't stop people from doing an SQL dump, or manual copy to a USB key or
offsite, or whatever.