[GNC] .log files with sqlite backend

Geert Janssens geert.gnucash at kobaltwit.be
Thu Apr 19 11:09:58 EDT 2018


Op donderdag 19 april 2018 16:58:16 CEST schreef Alen Siljak:
> > Sent: Thursday, April 19, 2018 at 3:47 PM
> > From: "Derek Atkins" <warlord at MIT.EDU>
> > To: "David T. via gnucash-user" <gnucash-user at gnucash.org>
> > Cc: "alen.siljak at gmx.com" <alen.siljak at gmx.com>, "sunfish62 at yahoo.com"
> > <sunfish62 at yahoo.com> Subject: Re: [GNC] .log files with sqlite backend
> > 
> > So I don't see why you would want or need to replay logs with SQL.
> > Is there a specific use-case here that I missed?
> 
> Not really, except that the .log files are still created which is redundant,
> as you just confirmed. The sql backend indeed does save all the changes
> immediately and the Save button also becomes redundant.
> 
The save button is permanently disabled when using an sql based book.

> So, from what I understand, the whole point of .log files is to help prevent
> losing changes if there's a crash before the user clicks Save with an xml
> book?
> 
Yes.

Geert




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