Re: [GNC] pros/cons of storage formats

2018-05-17 Thread Keith Keller
Thanks to everyone for the helpful thread! This definitely helps answer my questions about storage format. On Thu, May 17, 2018 at 12:36:03AM -0500, Adrien Monteleone wrote: > If all you want is the ability to run outside queries for custom reporting or > data integration, then sqlite3 is

Re: [GNC] pros/cons of storage formats

2018-05-16 Thread Keith Keller
On Thu, May 17, 2018 at 03:21:13AM +, David T. wrote: > I'm not sure how you looked,  but this topic had been discussed for many > years on the list. A recent one was  > https://lists.gnucash.org/pipermail/gnucash-user/2018-January/074315.html. > Another was  >

Re: [GNC] pros/cons of storage formats

2018-05-16 Thread Keith Keller
On Tue, May 15, 2018 at 07:48:52AM -0700, cicko wrote: > > Listing all the pros and cons is difficult simply because whether something > is a pro or a con depends on your situation. Sure. But I was hoping some sort of general guidelines might exist. > Some more info can be found on the wiki: >

[GNC] pros/cons of storage formats

2018-05-13 Thread Keith Keller
Hi all, What are the pros and cons of the various storage formats? Is one preferred over the others? Also, if in the future I should decide to switch to a different format, is it a fairly straightforward process to convert? --keith -- kkel...@wombat.san-francisco.ca.us