On 14 March 2018 at 03:28, jhinz <jhinz...@hotmail.com> wrote: > Had been running GNU Cash connected to a VM running linux and MySQL. > Switched to MySQL running on a container and started receiving an error in > GNUCash. The error msg read "Cannot write to the database". Once that > occurred the entire database seem to be corrupted. > > I do not believe there is an issue with MySQL running in a container as I > have other apps running against it and have not had an issue. Never had an > issue when running MySQL in a VM either. > > Any ideas? > > Plus I was thinking of switching from MySQL to a file based repository. > Any > guidance on making the switch rather than simply creating new opening > balances in a new file? >
Assuming you can still open your old accounts on mysql (or can reload a backup) then all you have to do is File > Save As, select Compressed XML, browse to the folder you want to save in and Save it. Colin _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
