I can confirm that the most recent Windows nightly build of release 5.13 does not offer a sqlite3 option under 'Save As". If it is necessary to do something special to get that option, I cannot find it in the help, tutorial or FAQ.
On Wed, Oct 29, 2025 at 6:33 PM Sherlock <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi John, > > I suspect the Windows nightly builds have not been properly supporting > databases since libdbi was updated to 0.9.1 on October 5th unless the > drivers are in the c:\libdbi\lib\dbd folder or the folder to which the > GNC_DBD_DIR environment variable is set. > > For example, attempt to save as sqlite3. > > It appears there is a generic bug in gnc_module_init_backend_dbi() when > HAVE_LIBDBI_R is defined. Specifically, when the initial > dbi_initialize_r() returns no drivers, the dbi_instance variable is > still set. > > So, instead of: > > #if HAVE_LIBDBI_R > if (dbi_instance) > return; > #endif > > the code should be: > > #if HAVE_LIBDBI_R > if (dbi_instance) > { > dbi_shutdown_r (dbi_instance); > dbi_instance = nullptr; > } > #endif > > > Regards, > > Sherlock > > > On 10/28/25 4:21 PM, John Ralls wrote: > > I think that’s an info message you get when running GnuCash with the > —debug flag: It’s just reporting that it couldn’t open your XML file with > the sqlite3 backend. > > > > To make sure I just tested the latest build with a SQLite3 file and it > opened without complaint (and without any messages since I didn’t tell it > —debug). > > > > Regards, > > John Ralls > > > > _______________________________________________ > gnucash-user mailing list > [email protected] > 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. > -- David Carlson _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list [email protected] 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.
