[GNC] "No suitable backend" error for database backed gnucash file

[David Carlson]

Did you verify that you had the back end installed?  see
https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/FAQ#SQL_Database


David C

On Sun, Apr 8, 2018 at 7:10 AM, coolnodje <coolnodje at gmail.com> wrote:

> Using Gnucash on MacOS, I got this error trying to open a recently
> created file which I think I based on a database back-end instead of the
> standard.
>
> I have upgraded to 3.0 in the meantime and thought it was the problem.
>
> But I realized when I finally was able to start a v2.6.20 on an older
> MacOS10.12 virtual machine that I still had the problem.
> Which means that this is all unrelated to the 3.0 upgrade.
>
> I've tried to revert the file to an older version (prior to the last
> modification, so prior to the last successful opening) but got the same
> error.
> This really confuses me:
>
> - the file as it was the last time it was successfully modified cannot
> be opened (which should exclude file corruption problem)
>
> - the latest version on latest MacOS can't open it because "No suitable
> backend", but 2.6.20 on MacOS10.12 also can't open it because "No
> suitable backend".
>
> So if the file itself is not the problem, and if version that used to be
> able to open it can't anymore, where could the problem come from?
>
> Only I wasn't able to reproduce the error with the exact same setup I
> had when last successfully modified: trying to reinstall 2.6.20 on
> MacOS10.13 I realized it can't be started anymore (Gnucash can't be
> opened because of a problem - DYLD, [0x4] Symbol missing)
>
> Is there anything I can do to try to save the file in question?
>
> - nodje
>
>
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