I switched from XML to SQLite about a year ago. I perceive a performance improvement on loading, but that’s about it. (and I generally never shut the app down anyway)
I haven’t attempted any custom reporting yet, but I plan to. I could be mistaken, but I think PyCash is designed to parse the XML file so you can still get the reporting you want. Regards, Adrien > On Jan 27, 2018, at 12:55 AM, Mike Stillingfleet > <mikestillingfl...@fastmail.co.uk> wrote: > > Dear All, > > XML is the default when creating a new file. > > I have seen various quite dated questions about the decision process of > selecting which db to use. > > I think that the main advantage of using MySQL would be the ability to > generate custom reports. > > Are there any other advantages and are there any differences in the interface > between the various db's. Does the forum still recommend XML. > > Regards > > -- > Mike Stillingfleet > mikestillingfl...@fastmail.co.uk > _______________________________________________ > gnucash-user mailing list > gnucash-user@gnucash.org > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user > ----- > Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. > You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
