Bug 799487 - Unable to save gnucash DB file as XML file

Not quite true, it just takes a really long time for a large database.

The underlying problem is gnc_file_do_save_as reloads the data to make
sure that the save-as saves everything. On the SQL backend that
triggers a scrub. The scrub itseld doesn't take long, but every
transaction commit was logged in the transaction log and did a refresh
of the registers. So:
* Suspend logging while doing the scrub.
* Suspend UI refreshes while reloading the data.
* Make the register page event handler obey the refresh being suspended.

gnucash/gnome-utils/gnc-file.c

@@ -1593,7 +1593,9 @@ gnc_file_do_save_as (GtkWindow *parent, const char* filename)
     }
 
     /* Make sure all of the data from the old file is loaded */
+    gnc_suspend_gui_refresh ();
     qof_session_ensure_all_data_loaded(session);
+    gnc_resume_gui_refresh ();
 
     /* -- this session code is NOT identical in FileOpen and FileSaveAs -- */
 

gnucash/gnome/gnc-plugin-page-register.cpp

@@ -5329,6 +5329,12 @@ gnc_plugin_page_register_event_handler (QofInstance* entity,
     ENTER ("entity %p of type %d, page %p, event data %p",
            entity, event_type, page, ed);
 
+    if (gnc_gui_refresh_suspended ())
+    {
+        LEAVE("Gui Refresh Suspended.");
+        return;
+    }
+
     window = gnc_plugin_page_get_window (GNC_PLUGIN_PAGE (page));
 
     if (GNC_IS_ACCOUNT (entity))

libgnucash/backend/sql/gnc-sql-backend.cpp

@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
 #include <gncTaxTable.h>
 #include <gncInvoice.h>
 #include <gnc-pricedb.h>
+#include <TransLog.h>
 
 #include <algorithm>
 #include <cassert>
@@ -347,8 +348,10 @@ GncSqlBackend::load (QofBook* book, QofBackendLoadType loadType)
      * m_loading true prevents changes from being written back to the
      * database. Do that now.
      */
+    xaccLogDisable();
     auto transactions = qof_book_get_collection (book, GNC_ID_TRANS);
     qof_collection_foreach(transactions, scrub_txn_callback, nullptr);
+    xaccLogEnable();
 
     /* Mark the session as clean -- though it should never be marked
      * dirty with this backend