Hi Richard and all,
Thank you for your prompt response. You and Derek were correct; it was
sufficient to install some additional packages to support the database
backend. Specifically: libdbd-mysql for mysql, libdbd-sqlite3 for
sqlite
and a similar one for postgres. I installed *libdbd-mysql* and the
option
to save and open from the database appeared - great news!
So I have to revisit my earlier thought regarding the publication of a
binary that supports only one file format. I believe "omission" would
be a
more accurate term than "discrimination." However, I could not find any
mention of the need to install additional packages for database
backends,
not to mention the specific package names, in any of the resources I
consulted. The SQL <https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/SQL> documentation
states:
*Since version 2.4 GnuCash supports SQL via the DBI backend. That again
supports PostgreSQL, MySQL and SQLite3 databases. This page contains
details about the SQL backend of GnuCash.*
This, like many other documents and applications, suggests that GnuCash
has
supported SQL since version 2.4. Given that many users operate on
Windows,
I suspect they may be unaware that there is a version of GnuCash that
does
not include SQL support. This oversight was quite frustrating during my
search. Therefore, it seems that this is not a case of discrimination,
but
rather an omission in the documentation.
My next step is to find an interface that I can easily integrate with -
ideally, a REST API. I explored the Gnucash Rest
<https://github.com/loftx/gnucash-rest> by loftx, but I was unable to
get
it to work. If anyone has experience with something similar, I would
greatly appreciate your insights.
Thank you once again for your assistance.
Best regards,
Zsolt
On Thu, 10 Oct 2024 at 23:44, R Losey <rlo...@gmail.com> wrote:
It may be that you merely need to install some other packages to
support
the other options.
It *IS* discrimination that the major distributors "discriminate"
(that
is, "choose") what they do and don't include in their distributions.
Most
people probably use the XML file, which I believe is the default, so
they
just didn't include those other packages. But if you want them, you
can get
them, which seems to me quite fair for those special few who want
other
options.
One could also claim that it is "discrimination" that the Stock Quote
feature works on Linux, but needs additional items on Mac and Windows
to
work (specifically, Perl distributions).
On Thu, Oct 10, 2024 at 1:52 PM Gere Kiss Zsolt
<zsolt.gk...@gmail.com>
wrote:
Dear all,
Thank you for your assistance. I have identified the key issue: it
is
related to the platform package. On Linux, GnuCash is preinstalled
on the
major distributions. However, the packages provide a binary that
supports
only the XML file format. As a result, when saving, there is only
one
format option available: XML, despite the presence of a selection
box.
This
appears to be the case in Ubuntu, and it seems that this limitation
is not
widely communicated.
I believe this situation could be considered a form of
discrimination. If
I
wish to use a database backend, I will likely need to compile a
GnuCash
binary myself. While this is not a significant problem for me, it
would be
beneficial for others if this information were included on the
download
page or in the documentation.
Thank you once again for your support.
Best regards,
Zsolt
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