Adrien, The issue as stated is specifically the loss of an uncommitted transaction, so an SQL back end won't help with that. If, however, that open transaction prevents an entire session from being saved, then your suggestion merits attention. I personally don't know about that, though; the OP didn't mention.
David T. On May 11, 2023, 6:13 AM, at 6:13 AM, Adrien Monteleone <adrien.montele...@lusfiber.net> wrote: >The SQL backends will get you an instant auto-save, but only for >committed transactions. (as far as I know) > >You still have to hit Enter or Tab-through to finish a transaction, at >which point the file is auto-updated. (thus, save-on-commit) > >Regards, >Adrien > >On 5/4/23 4:30 PM, David G. Pickett via gnucash-user wrote: >> I often accidentally leave a transaction complete but with the cursor >of that sheet still on the same line, so despite an aggressive auto >save setting, such a transaction is not committed to the saved image. >Of course, if it is not in valid form, it cannot be committed! But if >the host goes down or gnucash terminates for any reason not a stable >interactive exit, despite the auto save, the entire transaction or any >change is lost. I would like an option to auto-commit such >transactions, if valid, before the timed auto save. >> >> For me, this creates loss of input when I run my nightly cron job for >quotes, where I kill any running gnucash and remove any lock to allow >the quote additions. (A side thought would to have the quote fetch >built into the interactive gnucash such that it has a way to get quotes >without being killed. Maybe a gnucash service daemon that could >negotiate the updates with any running interactive gnucash or do the >updates if no interactive gnucash is running? That in turn suggests a >gnucash with a service and multiple interactive sessions so changes in >any interactive session could be notified to other interactive >sessions, supporting both quotes from a crontab scheduled service >internal or external, and multiple interactive users to support larger >enterprises.) > >_______________________________________________ >gnucash-user mailing list >gnucash-user@gnucash.org >To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: >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 To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: 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.
