Re: Re: New database backend and multi-user

2010-02-24 Thread David Valicek
Phil, Thank you for enlighting the multiuser/concurrent usage problem. I wouldn't like to suppress the importance of point 3) and especially point 1). Just, let me couple of thoughts on point 2) since I walked into that. jsled noted that resolving ad 2) would require some serious re-a

Re: New database backend and multi-user

2009-09-07 Thread Graham Leggett
Phil Longstaff wrote: > 1) locking/transactions - db transactions are used whenever an object is > written or updated. However, no locking is done, and there are certain cases > where related objects are not saved in the same db transaction, because the > back-end does not have enough informat

Re: New database backend and multi-user

2009-09-07 Thread Geert Janssens
Thanks for the info. I have added some more comments inside your replies. >From what I understood by following the dev list, converting gnucash to a true db based application is at best a long-term goal. That would solve the multi- user aspects automatically, as the consistency in concurrent acce

Re: New database backend and multi-user

2009-09-06 Thread Phil Longstaff
On September 6, 2009 06:37:32 am Geert Janssens wrote: > Hi, > > I'm very interested to use the new db backend in the upcoming 2.4 series. > > Thinking about this, I was wondering if the current implementation deals > well with multi-user access to the same db. I mean can two users from two > diffe

New database backend and multi-user

2009-09-06 Thread Geert Janssens
Hi, I'm very interested to use the new db backend in the upcoming 2.4 series. Thinking about this, I was wondering if the current implementation deals well with multi-user access to the same db. I mean can two users from two different computers use gnucash with the same (postgres or mysql) gnuc