Thanks Patrick. Could you please elaborate more on "but not very useful, because the conversion is not very complete."
What conversion you are referring to? PS: We have dropped the idea of using MySQL as a backend and plan to extend sqlite to calenders also. Best Regards Sachin On Thu, Jan 2, 2014 at 1:42 PM, Patrick Ohly <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tue, 2013-12-31 at 16:45 +0530, Sachin Gupta wrote: >> Is there support for MySQL as backend? i see that sqllite is >> supported, but it seems to be used only for contacts, but not for cal >> and todo. > > The sqlite backend is just a demo for programmers. It shows how to write > a backend which converts directly from the internal data representation > into a different, complex format (database schema in this case) without > going through an intermediate text representation (like vCard). Using > MySQL instead would be possible, but not very useful, because the > conversion is not very complete. > >> Which one is suitable for Contacts, Calendar, Tasks together? >> I need to be able to access this backend do some manipulation at >> runtime before syncing with the server. > > For your purpose, you better use either: > 1. The file backend (as in > https://syncevolution.org/wiki/http-server-howto). Then you can > directly manipulate each item with a text editor, shell tools or > in your own program. > 2. EDS or Akonadi with SyncEvolution's command line to manipulate > items. See https://syncevolution.org/wiki/item-operations > > -- > Best Regards, Patrick Ohly > > The content of this message is my personal opinion only and although > I am an employee of Intel, the statements I make here in no way > represent Intel's position on the issue, nor am I authorized to speak > on behalf of Intel on this matter. > > _______________________________________________ SyncEvolution mailing list [email protected] https://lists.syncevolution.org/mailman/listinfo/syncevolution
