Re: [GNC] Simultaneous access

2024-05-16 Thread Michael or Penny Novack
On 5/16/2024 2:17 PM, David G. Pickett via gnucash-user wrote: Yes, if gnucash was running as a remote service, it might be able to deal with multiple users.  Imagine that gnucash becomes a web service and the user interface is a relatively simple web page.  Even in this scenario, you would

Re: [GNC] Simultaneous access

2024-05-16 Thread David G. Pickett via gnucash-user
Yes, if gnucash was running as a remote service, it might be able to deal with multiple users.  Imagine that gnucash becomes a web service and the user interface is a relatively simple web page.  Even in this scenario, you would need to avoid processing too much in JavaScript and local files

Re: [GNC] Simultaneous access

2024-05-15 Thread Ken Farley
No. Using an SQL database just means you are deciding where you are going to save your data. The way the program works is that it loads your data file into memory and any changes you make are done in memory. Data is not saved anywhere until you specifically write it to wherever you store it.

Re: [GNC] Simultaneous access

2024-05-15 Thread Derek Atkins
Hi, On Wed, May 15, 2024 7:14 pm, Chris Miller wrote: > The application gnucash does NOT support multiple simultaneous > access. > That would require a DBM (database manager) > >Apparently there are a variety of DBM "back-ends". If I configure >Postgress, for example, do I

Re: [GNC] Simultaneous access

2024-05-15 Thread Chris Miller
The application gnucash does NOT support multiple simultaneous access. That would require a DBM (database manager) Apparently there are a variety of DBM "back-ends". If I configure Postgress, for example, do I get simultaneous access? Thanks for the help, Chris.

Re: [GNC] Simultaneous access

2024-05-15 Thread Michael or Penny Novack
On 5/15/2024 6:02 PM, Chris Miller wrote: Hi Folks, Can I store my GnuCash "books" on a server, or a NAS, and do my bookkeeping from any of my machines, meaning my windows desktop or my Linux development station? Can I do this simultaneously? The application gnucash supports multiple

Re: [GNC] Simultaneous access

2024-05-15 Thread Geoff
Hi Chris > Can I store my GnuCash "books" on a server, or a NAS, and do > my bookkeeping from any of my machines, meaning my windows desktop or > my Linux development station? Yes - provided you have the GnuCash software (preferably the same version) installed on each of those client

[GNC] Simultaneous access

2024-05-15 Thread Chris Miller
Hi Folks, Can I store my GnuCash "books" on a server, or a NAS, and do my bookkeeping from any of my machines, meaning my windows desktop or my Linux development station? Can I do this simultaneously? Thanks for the help, -- Chris. V:916.799.9461 F:916.974.0428 A: Because we read from