[GNC] GnuCash Software Update

2020-12-10 Thread Don Earnhardt
I have seen information about overwriting the current version of GnuCash (version 2.6.3) on my Windows PC with the latest version. However, I am extremely nervous about doing so. I can back up the data, so that doesn't bother me. I have configured my software with many customized reports and

Re: [GNC] How to use Reminders?

2020-12-10 Thread Stan Brown
No piece of software can be all things to all people, Fran. Some "software suites" try to do it, and in the trying they earn a reputation for being bloated, slow, and buggy. I would deplore anything that moved GnuCash in that direction. All due respect, I think you're swimming upstream on this

Re: [GNC] Saving to MySQL

2020-12-10 Thread Ira Fuchs
Problem resolved. I was able to login to mysql using the mysql command but was not able to login using dbeaver. dbeaver gave an error message about sha2_caching_password. To fix that, I reinstalled mysql and specified legacy authentication. With that change dbeaver was able to connect and

Re: [GNC] Saving to MySQL

2020-12-10 Thread Derek Atkins
Hi, On Thu, December 10, 2020 9:27 am, Ira Fuchs wrote: > (Found mysql in /usr/local/mysql/bin) > I can get to the mysql prompt but how to get Gnucash to be able to save? > Is the server running? Can you actually get to the server via the command-line? What do you get from "show databases;" from

Re: [GNC] Saving to MySQL

2020-12-10 Thread Ira Fuchs
(Found mysql in /usr/local/mysql/bin) I can get to the mysql prompt but how to get Gnucash to be able to save? > On Dec 10, 2020, at 9:16 AM, Peter West > wrote: > > The user id running the server is usually _mysql (note the underscore). I > assume you specified root

Re: [GNC] Saving to MySQL

2020-12-10 Thread Peter West
The user id running the server is usually _mysql (note the underscore). I assume you specified root as the mysql users (given the URL you are using.) Can you open a terminal (search terminal in spotlight)? Try typing mysql -u root It should start mysql and ask for a password for root, provided

Re: [GNC] Charts not showing up correctly for multicolumn view

2020-12-10 Thread Christos Delivorias
I’m not sure if this has been sent to the list but wanted to send again just in case anyone has seen something similar and can help. Thanks. On Sun, 6 Dec 2020 at 15:59, Christos Delivorias wrote: > Hello all, > > I've been using Gnucash for a few years now, but I've never been able to > use