[GNC] Autosave question

[David G. Pickett]

We seem to be barking up four or more different trees:
1) A transaction in process is not saved, as the data store and code are designed to ignore it even during a save, auto or not.  This only explains one lost trans per account.
2) Does an SQL back end behave differently from an XML one?  I would expect SQL inserts, updates, commits every time a transaction is added or modified and exited, so yes, but not the in process trans.  How hard is it to move from XML to some RDBMS?  I started out there, but somewhere got defaulted to XML.
3) Does his disk file get saved to persistent media?  I use GDrive with no obvious problem other than awaiting it to get active after Win11 login.  This issue might even complicate an SQL backend if the server is local and the files are remote. 
4) Having a window pop up asking if you really want a save when autosave times out means no auto save at all when the PC is unattended.  I guess beware?