[GNC] New GNC User / Should I created as XML or SQLITE3 ?

[Kalpesh Patel]

XML is much more portable and restore of earlier file is simpler if you tend
to "experiment" how you enter the data or need to revert back to earlier one
for some other reasons, IMHO. You can place XML file on a shared or cloud
drive provided it is guaranteed not  opened at multiple places at the same
time. I also think performance is much better with XML than SQLITE3. Also
with XML, I don't have to worry about incompatibilities and you can actually
read it as text file and do read-only things with it on command line.


-----Original Message-----
From: serge45 at free.fr <serge45 at free.fr> 
Sent: Friday, August 01, 2025 12:18 PM
To: 'Gnucash Users' <gnucash-user at gnucash.org>
Subject: [GNC] New GNC User / Should I created as XML or SQLITE3 ?

Dear all,

Context : I'm a historical user of Quicken 2000 (French version) for my
personal finance. Unfortunately, Quicken will not manage correctly the date
after 2026. So, I'm preparing a move to GnuCash.

Very first question : should I create my file as XML or as SQLITE3 with GNC
5.12 ? Pros and Cons ?

Thanks for your support !

Serge