Re: [GNC] Can't "Save As" to sqlite, is it a compile option?

2020-09-23 Thread D. via gnucash-user
Yes. I did. Original Message From: Geert Janssens Sent: Wed Sep 23 16:10:11 EDT 2020 To: gnucash-user@gnucash.org Subject: Re: [GNC] Can't "Save As" to sqlite, is it a compile option? Op dinsdag 22 september 2020 10:13:37 CEST schreef Chris Green: > On Mon, Sep 21, 2020 at

Re: [GNC] Can't "Save As" to sqlite, is it a compile option?

2020-09-23 Thread Geert Janssens
Op dinsdag 22 september 2020 10:13:37 CEST schreef Chris Green: > On Mon, Sep 21, 2020 at 01:12:38PM -0500, Adrien Monteleone wrote: > > I'm pretty sure that *is* documented on the Wiki build pages, or at least > > used to be. I once built on Ubuntu and found that option on the Wiki to > > get > >

Re: [GNC] Can't "Save As" to sqlite, is it a compile option?

2020-09-22 Thread Chris Green
On Mon, Sep 21, 2020 at 01:12:38PM -0500, Adrien Monteleone wrote: > I'm pretty sure that *is* documented on the Wiki build pages, or at least > used to be. I once built on Ubuntu and found that option on the Wiki to get > it working. > Ah, but it's nothing to do with 'building' really. > I was

Re: [GNC] Can't "Save As" to sqlite, is it a compile option?

2020-09-22 Thread Frank H. Ellenberger
Hi Chris, Am 21.09.20 um 15:59 schrieb Chris Green: > On Mon, Sep 21, 2020 at 07:25:54AM -0400, D. wrote: >> No need. https://www.gnucash.org/docs/v4/C/gnucash-guide/basics-files1.html >> > OK, it's there, but I didn't find it very easily (could be me of > course). > > Is there any major

Re: [GNC] Can't "Save As" to sqlite, is it a compile option?

2020-09-21 Thread John Ralls
SQLite3 is incredibly widely used so it's already on just about everything except Windows. libdbi and libdbd-sqlite are tiny, less than 100K for both. Regards, John Ralls > On Sep 21, 2020, at 11:15 AM, Adrien Monteleone > wrote: > > The disadvantage would be for those users who don't want

Re: [GNC] Can't "Save As" to sqlite, is it a compile option?

2020-09-21 Thread Adrien Monteleone
The disadvantage would be for those users who don't want or need it and like to manage lean and clean systems. Without getting into any specific issues, the less code and packages to worry about, the less 'general' chance for bugs, breakage, and vulnerabilities. And while for I'm sure many

Re: [GNC] Can't "Save As" to sqlite, is it a compile option?

2020-09-21 Thread Adrien Monteleone
I'm pretty sure that *is* documented on the Wiki build pages, or at least used to be. I once built on Ubuntu and found that option on the Wiki to get it working. I was lightly following some Wiki Build Instruction discussion on IRC recently and I think that very option (with needed

Re: [GNC] Can't "Save As" to sqlite, is it a compile option?

2020-09-21 Thread Derek Atkins
On Mon, September 21, 2020 9:59 am, Chris Green wrote: > On Mon, Sep 21, 2020 at 07:25:54AM -0400, D. wrote: >> No need.  >> https://www.gnucash.org/docs/v4/C/gnucash-guide/basics-files1.html >> > OK, it's there, but I didn't find it very easily (could be me of > course). > > Is there any major

Re: [GNC] Can't "Save As" to sqlite, is it a compile option?

2020-09-21 Thread Chris Green
On Mon, Sep 21, 2020 at 07:25:54AM -0400, D. wrote: > No need.  https://www.gnucash.org/docs/v4/C/gnucash-guide/basics-files1.html > OK, it's there, but I didn't find it very easily (could be me of course). Is there any major disadvantage to making it a dependency on Linux as well as on Windows

Re: [GNC] Can't "Save As" to sqlite, is it a compile option?

2020-09-21 Thread D. via gnucash-user
No need.  https://www.gnucash.org/docs/v4/C/gnucash-guide/basics-files1.html Original Message From: Chris Green Sent: Mon Sep 21 03:47:20 EDT 2020 To: gnucash-user@gnucash.org Subject: Re: [GNC] Can't "Save As" to sqlite, is it a compile option? On Sun, Sep 20, 2020 at

Re: [GNC] Can't "Save As" to sqlite, is it a compile option?

2020-09-21 Thread Chris Green
On Sun, Sep 20, 2020 at 11:19:42PM -0500, Adrien Monteleone wrote: > See my other reply about versions and database support. I've been using > SQlite3 since the 2.6.x days. > > The build instructions on the wiki are very good. The most time will be > spent reading and making sure you have the

Re: [GNC] Can't "Save As" to sqlite, is it a compile option?

2020-09-20 Thread Adrien Monteleone
See my other reply about versions and database support. I've been using SQlite3 since the 2.6.x days. The build instructions on the wiki are very good. The most time will be spent reading and making sure you have the build environment and dependencies. If you get that right, the actual build

Re: [GNC] Can't "Save As" to sqlite, is it a compile option?

2020-09-20 Thread Adrien Monteleone
Version 2.4, not 4.2, which is not out yet. Regards, Adrien On 9/13/20 9:57 AM, Chris Green wrote: On Sun, Sep 13, 2020 at 10:40:59AM -0400, Derek Atkins wrote: The SQL backend uses libdbi and that is a compile-time option. However you need runtime libraries to enable the various SQL

Re: [GNC] Can't "Save As" to sqlite, is it a compile option?

2020-09-13 Thread Chris Green
On Sun, Sep 13, 2020 at 10:40:59AM -0400, Derek Atkins wrote: > The SQL backend uses libdbi and that is a compile-time option. However you > need runtime libraries to enable the various SQL backends to work. > > Most likely you don't have the appropriate SQLite database drivers > installed.

Re: [GNC] Can't "Save As" to sqlite, is it a compile option?

2020-09-13 Thread Chris Green
On Sun, Sep 13, 2020 at 03:34:10PM +0100, Chris Green wrote: > I am running GnuCash 3.8 Build ID: 3.8b+(2019-12-29) on [x]ubuntu 20.04. > > I have started keeping a small PCC accounts with this but decided I > wanted to move to storing the data in sqlite rather than the default > XML. > > It

Re: [GNC] Can't "Save As" to sqlite, is it a compile option?

2020-09-13 Thread Derek Atkins
The SQL backend uses libdbi and that is a compile-time option. However you need runtime libraries to enable the various SQL backends to work. Most likely you don't have the appropriate SQLite database drivers installed. Search for libdbi-dbd-sqlite and similar. -derek On Sun, September 13,

[GNC] Can't "Save As" to sqlite, is it a compile option?

2020-09-13 Thread Chris Green
I am running GnuCash 3.8 Build ID: 3.8b+(2019-12-29) on [x]ubuntu 20.04. I have started keeping a small PCC accounts with this but decided I wanted to move to storing the data in sqlite rather than the default XML. It doesn't seem to be possible, if I click on SaveAs in the File menu the only