On Tue, Apr 26, 2022 at 08:47:04PM -0500, Adrien Monteleone wrote: > On 4/26/22 3:28 AM, Chris Green wrote: > > On Tue, Apr 26, 2022 at 06:36:30PM +1200, grant wrote: > > > So I have rebuilt my laptop, recovered my databases and installed Gnucash > > > 4.1 but I cannot connect to mysql databases. When I click file, open there > > > is no option for mysql. This is under Fedora 35Sent from my Galaxy > > > > I don't believe GnuCash works with mysql (or the equivalent mariadb), > > the only database storage option that I'm aware of is sqlite. > > > > It offers 4 backends: > > XML (default) > SQLite > MySQL/MariaDB > PostgreSQL > > You have to install the desired backend libs in most cases to be offered the > option of using it. > > The default requires no special effort. > > Many Linux distros also come with SQLite support by default, so mileage > varies. > > MySQL/Maria & Postgres almost always require intentional lib installation > and if I'm not mistaken, specific build flags. > > Check the wiki for more specific and up to date info. > Yes, absolutely right, my 'sqlite only' view was simply because, on most Linux distributions sqlite is already there. Thus GnuCash offers both XML and sqlite 'out of the box' as it were.
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