Flat file database

[Paul Rubin]

"Art Decco" <please.dont at email.com> writes:
> And I don't think MySQL is available without switching to a more expensive
> type of account. This application, essentially a fancy Christmas card list,
> just isn't worth all that trouble, but it would be nice if someone knows of
> a Python module that makes simple text file management a little easier.

I don't understand then why you want such a module.  If there's just a
few dozen lines in the file, then read it into memory, change whatever
you want, and write it out again.

Personally for these kinds of database applications though, I usually
use the anydbm module.