Geert Janssens-4 wrote
> The save button is permanently disabled when using an sql based book.
>
>> So, from what I understand, the whole point of .log files is to help
>> prevent
>> losing changes if there's a crash before the user clicks Save with an xml
>> book?
>>
> Yes.
Oh, OK. So the Save
n.sil...@gmx.com" <alen.sil...@gmx.com>, "sunfis...@yahoo.com"
> > <sunfis...@yahoo.com> Subject: Re: [GNC] .log files with sqlite backend
> >
> > So I don't see why you would want or need to replay logs with SQL.
> > Is there a specific use-case her
> Sent: Thursday, April 19, 2018 at 3:47 PM
> From: "Derek Atkins" <warl...@mit.edu>
> To: "David T. via gnucash-user" <gnucash-user@gnucash.org>
> Cc: "alen.sil...@gmx.com" <alen.sil...@gmx.com>, "sunfis...@yahoo.com"
>
Hi,
"David T. via gnucash-user" writes:
> Alen,
> I think you have identified a potentially significant issue with log
> files and sql data files. Specifically, with xml files, full
> snapshots are saved periodically, and log files are paired with these
> snapshots to
Alen,
I think you have identified a potentially significant issue with log files and
sql data files. Specifically, with xml files, full snapshots are saved
periodically, and log files are paired with these snapshots to enable a user to
"replay" actions to recover a previous state.
It is
John Ralls-2 wrote
> With a database, including a SQLite3 file, the storage is under the
> control of the database engine. In order for GnuCash to make a backup it
> would need to explicitly copy the SQLite3 file; even that wouldn’t
> necessarily be possible for a MySQL or Postgresql database.
> On Apr 18, 2018, at 12:12 AM, cicko wrote:
>
> While I was using xml backend in the past couple of weeks, I finally realized
> how backup files and .log files work. I really like the scheme as, before
> that, I had a script that creates backups of sqlite book in the same
On 18 April 2018 at 08:12, cicko wrote:
> While I was using xml backend in the past couple of weeks, I finally
> realized
> how backup files and .log files work. I really like the scheme as, before
> that, I had a script that creates backups of sqlite book in the same manner
While I was using xml backend in the past couple of weeks, I finally realized
how backup files and .log files work. I really like the scheme as, before
that, I had a script that creates backups of sqlite book in the same manner
(and deletes the .log files).
Now, back to using sqlite book, I