[GNC] GNU Cash on a Central Computer

[Adrien Monteleone]

While GnuCash can use MySQL (as well as Postgres and SQLite) as a 
backend, the entire db is read into memory at start-up, rather than 
separate records being accessed like a normal db-based app. Thus, it is 
not currently set up to do what you are looking for, but that is a 
(very) long term goal. There are some other answers in this thread that 
explain how to work around this, somewhat, for now.

Regards,
Adrien

On 12/4/20 11:30 AM, Mike Brady. wrote:
> Good point. Can GnuCash work as a front end to a database that does
> record locking, such as MySQL? Otherwise, how would work done by
> multiple other users on their copies of the data be safely merged into a
> single master file?
> 
> It's clear, though, that GnuCash is designed mainly for single users. A
> company big enough to have multiple bookkeepers and accountants, needing
> access to the data at the same time, may need  different software.