Derek Atkins wrote: > > Well, using MySQL or PostgreSQL is just one part of it. It's a > storage mechanism, but you still need to create the data formats that > are stored. You still need to define the transaction objects or split > objects or whatever that get stored in the database. Well, not really. More specifically, on a fundimental level a database will provide a number of predefined data types that it will deal with gracefully (int, date, money, char, etc). In order to gain some of the advantages of a database, such as ease of access to the data from other applications, you really need to use these data types. Of course, you can store any arbitrary binary data in a database engine, it's called a BLOB in modern parlence. But what's the point ? You have to have special code to deal with it. > So, defining a > binary data format now would certainly be useful, IMHO, down the road > when we move to a DBMS. As I mention above, I disagree. -- Pat -- This message does not represent the policies or positions of the Mayo Foundation or its subsidiaries. Patrick Spinler email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mayo Foundation phone: 507/284-9485 _______________________________________________ gnucash-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.gnumatic.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-devel
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