[GNC] XML vs SQL data integrity question

Stephen M. Butler kg7je at arrl.net
Thu May 7 12:14:44 EDT 2020


On 5/6/20 10:07 PM, Jeff wrote:
> This has probably been discussed here before but; I'm going ask
> anyway.  Which do most people find more reliable with GNC, SQL or the
> default XML?  And are there any features I would lose other than the
> rollback ability with SQL?
>
> I'm getting tired of having to track down account and report issues
> every time Windoze 10 hiccups.  I use the default XML, uncompressed. 
> One set of books has been corrupted several times, I'm assuming when
> Windoze just simply kills the GNC program out of the blue.  I have
> another set of books for a business that so far, knock on wood,  the
> only problem is sometimes various buttons have to be selected multiple
> times to work then all of the windows open in GNC blur while
> processing then go back to normal display.
>
> My computers are all networked and dual boot Windoze and Ubuntu, so I
> would need SQL on both sides if I switch over.  I'm leaning towards
> PostgreSQL (pro's, con's?  Suggestions?).
>
I only use Ubuntu/XML (compressed).

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