[GNC] gnucash-user Digest, Vol 185, Issue 63

[Stan Brown]

Thanks for this, David. It seems very helpful and to the point. Only two
comments:

* After reading this note, I feel I have a good idea of the pros and
cons of the two formats. One thing I'd like  see added" is a choice of
XML or SQL irrevocable, or can the database be converted from one format
to another later, after we have entered many transactions? It _sounds_
like a conversion is as simple as a File » Save As; is that accurate?

* I don't agree with the person who called the second sentence ("The
default file storage format is XML, while a number of flavors of SQL
storage are available.") redundant. I saw that sentence as introducing a
topic, which you then expanded. I've found that readers understand
better with a short introduction and then a more detailed treatment,
just as you have written.

-- 
Regards,
Stan Brown
Tompkins County, New York, USA
http://BrownMath.com
http://OakRoadSystems.com


On 2018-08-14 21:31, "David T." <sunfish62 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2018 15:05:33 -0700
> From: "David T." <sunfish62 at yahoo.com>
> To: Gnucash Users <gnucash-user at gnucash.org>
> Subject: [GNC] File Format Documentation (Bug 777893)
> Message-ID: <B88853E6-AC42-4CF8-A603-07F74D4023C5 at yahoo.com>
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> 
> Hello,
> 
> In response to Bug 777893 (https://bugs.gnucash.org/show_bug.cgi?id=777893 <https://bugs.gnucash.org/show_bug.cgi?id=777893>), I have written a more detailed description of the storage choices available to users for insertion into the Tutorial & Concepts Guide at section 2.5. Given the extent of the text, I am including it here so that the broader community can offer suggestions for improvement. Note that I will insert appropriate encoding once I finalize the content.
> 
> Thanks,
> David T.