Stefan, just a few thoughts:
Am 14.09.20 um 08:11 schrieb Stefan Bluhm: > Hello GnuCash Team, > > Is there a reason to keep supporting the XML file in future? I am happy with it since ~20 years. It can be easy analyzed by a simple grep or more advanced (XSLT, XPATH, …) commands. I can use rsync for fast diff based backups. It is a well defined format, while SQLite is not ISO complete and the other SQLs have their additional administrative overhead. > Wouldn't it be easier to force save the data to SQlite to tackle the move > from QOF? In the past have been issues special with SQLite bugs. > The benefit of point in time save (instead of transactional save) could be > achieved by working from a copy instead. I see it as one of the downsides. I save usually after finishing a logical section cotaining several transaction. In theory you could allow user defined START TRANSACTION … constructs. > Probable issue would arise from users that read the XML file directly. > > Let me know your thoughts. > > Best wishes, > > Stefan Regards Frank _______________________________________________ gnucash-devel mailing list gnucash-devel@gnucash.org https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-devel