Re: [GNC] File Format Documentation, v. 2

2018-08-17 Thread Frank H. Ellenberger
Hi, I almost missed this, because it is on the wrong list. I would be more precise about dbi and dbd: Am 16.08.2018 um 22:00 schrieb David T. via gnucash-user: > The XML storage format is a text file that is compressed with gzip, ... can be compressed ... > which is a preference that is set at

Re: [GNC] File Format Documentation, v. 2

2018-08-16 Thread Adrien Monteleone
I would think that is a ‘mileage varies’ sort of issue based on your computer specs and in the case of remote access, network latency, which is variable for anyone. I don’t think a hard comparison is possible as a generalized statement, there are just too many variables. If you’re looking for

Re: [GNC] File Format Documentation, v. 2

2018-08-16 Thread MycoGeo
Do people have experience with different load/save times with the different formats? A long while back, I experimented with storing gnucash data on a MySQL server on a NAS, so it was over the LAN. I didn’t find the save/load times different than saving/loading from the compressed XML format

Re: [GNC] File Format Documentation, v. 2

2018-08-16 Thread David T. via gnucash-user
John,  I don't understand your statement.  Insofar as a user might open the Guide immediately after installation (I'm not that self-aggrandizing as that), they would see in the second sentence of this section that xml is the default file format.  Or did you have some other concern?  David

Re: [GNC] File Format Documentation, v. 2

2018-08-16 Thread Adrien Monteleone
I thought that’s what his chart did. (though it may not format correctly in the previous reply) The default is XML. Regards, Adrien > On Aug 16, 2018, at 8:51 PM, John C wrote: > > Please tell the reader the default file format right after installation. > > regards, > John > > On 8/16/2018

Re: [GNC] File Format Documentation, v. 2

2018-08-16 Thread John C
Please tell the reader the default file format right after installation. regards, John On 8/16/2018 5:06 PM, Adrien Monteleone wrote: Looks good to me. Regards, Adrien On Aug 16, 2018, at 3:00 PM, David T. via gnucash-user wrote: I’ve attempted to incorporate the suggestions that others

Re: [GNC] File Format Documentation, v. 2

2018-08-16 Thread Adrien Monteleone
Looks good to me. Regards, Adrien > On Aug 16, 2018, at 3:00 PM, David T. via gnucash-user > wrote: > > I’ve attempted to incorporate the suggestions that others have made for the > section on file storage formats, and I attach the resulting version 2 for > further consideration. Keep in

Re: [GNC] File Format Documentation, v. 2

2018-08-16 Thread David Carlson
Somewhat terse, but I like it. David C On Thu, Aug 16, 2018 at 3:00 PM, David T. via gnucash-user < gnucash-user@gnucash.org> wrote: > I’ve attempted to incorporate the suggestions that others have made for > the section on file storage formats, and I attach the resulting version 2 > for

[GNC] File Format Documentation, v. 2

2018-08-16 Thread David T. via gnucash-user
I’ve attempted to incorporate the suggestions that others have made for the section on file storage formats, and I attach the resulting version 2 for further consideration. Keep in mind that this is not meant to be an encyclopedic coverage of the topic; it’s meant to outline the choices. I